Vadym G. Kaydash
Date and place of birth: October 9, 1971, Kharkov, Ukraine
Sex: male
Marital status: Married
Nationality: Ukrainian
Citizenship: Ukraine
Present address:
Dr. Vadym Kaydash
Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
35 Sumskaya St., Kharkov 61022 Ukraine
Tel: (38)057-7005349
FAX: (38)057-7005349
E-mail: vgkaydash@gmail.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=M395yBAAAAAJ&hl=uk
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vadym_Kaydash
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-5815
Academic degrees:
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1998 Ph.D. thesis “Prediction of the Chemical Content and Zoning of the Lunar Nearside Surface by Optical Measurements Data” (in Department of Physics of the Solar System, Main Astronomical Observatory, Natl. Acad. Sci. of Ukraine, Kiev)
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1988 - 1993 M.S. in physics and astronomy, Department of Physics, Kharkov National University.
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1988 - 1993 M.S. in teaching physics and astronomy, Department of Physics, Kharkov National University.
Positions:
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2014 - present Director of Astronomical Institute of V.N. Karazin Kharkov National University
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2013 - 2014 Head of Department of Remote Sensing of Planets, Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
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2010 – 2013 Leading research scientist, Department of Remote Sensing of Planets, Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
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2002 – 2010 Senior research scientist, Department of Remote Sensing of Planets, Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
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1999 -2002 Research scientist, Department of Remote Sensing of Planets, Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
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1997 - 1998 Engineer, Department of Remote Sensing of Planets, Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
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1994 - 1997 Ph.D. student, Kharkov National University, Ukraine
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1993 - 1997 Astronomy teacher, Kharkov city children's palace of culture, Ukraine
SPECIALIZATION and SHORT OUTLINE of RESEARCH INTERESTS:
(i) main field: Planetary astrophysics
(ii) other fields: Processing of astronomical images
(iii) research activities:
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Estimates of chemical composition and mineralogy of lunar soils from joint analysis of compositional, petrographic, and spectroscopic data produced by the Lunar Soil Characterization Consortium, and of image data of Clementine mission (NASA-DoD project).
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Analysis and interpretation of Hubble Space Telescope imaging polarimetry of Mars.
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Analysis of clouds dynamics in Martian atmosphere by HST multispectral data in ultraviolet.
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Photometry of particulate surfaces over a wide range of phase angles to access physical properties of the planetary surfaces.
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Research on the photometric anomalies of the lunar surface using data of SMART-1 lunar mission, an international project of European Space Agency.
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Mapping the photometric function variations and the polarization parameters for the nearside of the Moon by telescopic data.
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Development of the phase-ratio imagery as a tool of qualitative photometric analyses of the upper layer of the lunar regolith.
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Identification of natural surface structure anomalies and artificially altered regolith with the phase-ratio imagery (LRO, JAXA SELENE missions)
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Interaction of atmosphereless cosmic bodies with space environment. Evolution of planet surfaces under different exogenous conditions such as, e. g., impact processes and solar wind.
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Techniques to obtain physical state information, mineralogy, chemical contents (chromophore elements abundance) and maturity degree of planet surface from remote (ground-based and space-derived) sensing data.
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Development of methods to separate the compositional and structural effects on spectra of atmosphereless cosmic bodies.
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Analysis and interpretation of astronomical and spaceborne data on planetary surfaces.
Visiting Programs:
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2000 Astronomical Observatory of Helsinki University, Finland.
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2002, 2006 Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.
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2005 Midi-Pyrenees Observatory, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France.
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2005 University of Oulu, Finland.
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2012 Brown University of Providence, RI USA
Honors and Awards:
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1999, 2000 Awarded a Student Membership in American Geophysical Union
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1999 Prize for the best science publication of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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2010 Basic sciences book award of International Academy of Astronautics
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2011 Ukrainian State Prize in Science and Technology
Grants:
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1996-1999 Grant of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
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1997-1998 Grant of Ukrainian State Foundation for Fundamental Research
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2000 Cooperation Grant of Academy of Sciences of Finland for joint research
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2001-2002 Grant of Ukraine Government for young scientists
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2001-2003 Grant of the International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (INTAS)
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2004-2006 Grant of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
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2008-2010 Grant of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
List of selected publications:
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V. G. Kaydash and Yu. G. Shkuratov, Structural Disturbances of the Lunar Surface near the Lunokhod-1 Spacecraft Landing Site. Solar System Research, 2014, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 167–175.
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Dean C. Hines, Gorden Videen, Evgenij Zubko, Karri Muinonen, Yuriy Shkuratov, Vadim G. Kaydash, Matthew M. Knight, Michael L. Sitko, Carey M. Lisse, Max Mutchler, Derek Hammer, Padmavati A. Yanamandra-Fisher. Hubble Space Telescope Pre-Perihelion ACS/WFC Imaging Polarimetry of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) at 3.81 AU. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 780:L32 (6pp) , 2014 doi:10.1088/2041-8205/780/2/L32
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Vadym Kaydash, Yuriy Shkuratov, Gorden Videen. Dark halos and rays of young lunar craters: a new insight into interpretation. 2013. Icarus, Icarus 231 (2014) 22–33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2013.11.025.
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V. Kaydash, Y. Shkuratov, G. Videen, LANDING OF THE PROBES LUNA 23 AND LUNA 24 REMAINS AN ENIGMA, Planetary and Space Science, 2013, Volume 89, Pages 172–182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2013.08.021
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Kaydash, V., C. Pieters, Y. Shkuratov, and V. Korokhin (2013), Lunar opposition effect as inferred from Chandrayaan-1M3 data, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 118, 1-12, doi:10.1002/jgre.20098.
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Yuriy Shkuratov, Vadym Kaydash, Xenija Sysolyatina, Alexandra Razim, Gorden Videen. Lunar Surface Traces of Engine Jets of Soviet Sample Return Probes: The Enigma of the Luna-23 and Luna-24 Landing Sites, Planetary and Space Science, 75 (2013) 28–36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2012.10.016
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Kaydash V, Shkuratov Y, Zhang H. Phase-ratio imagery of the Moon: Vallis Schroteri (in Chinese). Sci Sin-Phys Mech Astron, 2012, 42: 1–7, doi: 10.1360/132012-375
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Y. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, G. Videen. The lunar crater Giordano Bruno as seen with optical roughness imagery. Icarus (2012), doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.12.023.
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V. Kaydash, Yu. Shkuratov. Structural Disturbances of the Lunar Surface Caused by Spacecraft. Solar System Research (2012), Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 108–118.
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V. Kaydash, Y. Shkuratov, V. Korokhin, G. Videen. Photometric Anomalies in the Apollo Landing Sites as Seen from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Icarus, 211 (2011) 89–96.
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Y. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, V. Korokhin, Y. Velikodsky, N. Opanasenko, G. Videen. Optical measurements of the Moon as a tool to study its surface. Planetary and Space Science (2011), V. 59, 13, pp. 1326-1371.
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Kaydash, V., Kreslavsky, M., Shkuratov, Yu., Gerasimenko, S., Pinet, P., Josset, J.-L., Beauvivre, S., Foing, B., and AMIE SMART-1 Team. Photometric anomalies of the lunar surface studied with SMART-1 AMIE data. Icarus (2009), 202, 2, pp. 393-413.
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V. Kaydash, S. Gerasimenko, Yu. Shkuratov, N. Opanasenko, Yu. Velikodsky, V. Korokhin, and M. Kaydash.The Phase Ratios of the Color Index: Mapping of Two Regions of the nearside of the Moon. Solar System Research (2010), Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 267–280.
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V. Kaydash, S. Gerasimenko, Yu. Shkuratov, N. Opanasenko, Yu. Velikodskii, and V. Korokhin, Photometric Function Variations Observed on the Near Side of the Moon: Mapping. Solar System Research (2009), Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 89–99.
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V. Korokhin, V. Kaydash, Yu. Shkuratov, D. Stankevich and U. Mall. Prognosis of TiO2 abundance in lunar soil using a non-linear analysis of Clementine and LSCC data, Planetary and Space Science, 56, 1063-1078, (2008).
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Y. Shkuratov, S. Bondarenko, V. Kaydash, G. Videen, O. Munoz, H. Volten. Photometry and polarimetry of particulate surfaces and aerosol particles over a wide range of phase angles. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 106 (2007) 487–508.
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Yu. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, L. Starukhina, C. Pieters, Lunar Surface Agglutinates: Mapping Composition Anomalies, Solar System Research (2007), Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 177–185.
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C. Pieters, Yu. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, D. Stankevich, L. Taylor. Lunar soil characterization consortium analyses: Pyroxene and maturity estimates derived from Clementine image data. Icarus 184, 83–101 (2006).
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V. Kaydash, M. Kreslavsky, Yu. Shkuratov, G. Videen, J.F. Bell III, M. Wolff, Measurements of winds on Mars with Hubble Space Telescope images in 2003 opposition, Icarus (2006), Volume 185 (1), 97-101.
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Shkuratov, Yu. G., Kaydash, V. G., Pieters, C. M. Lunar Clinopyroxene and Plagioclase: Surface Distribution and Composition. Solar System Research (2005), V. 39, 4, pp.255-266.
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Y. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, D. Stankevich, L. Starukhina, P. Pinet, S. Chevrel, Y. Daydou. Derivation Of Elemental Abundance Maps At Intermediate Resolution From Optical Interpolation Of Lunar Prospector Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Data, Planetary and Space Science, 53 (2005) 1287-1301.
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Yu. Shkuratov, M. Kreslavsky, V. Kaydash, G. Videen, J. Bell III, M. Wolff, M. Hubbard, K. Noll, and A. Lubenow. Hubble Space Telescope Imaging polarimetry of Mars during the 2003 opposition, Icarus (2005), 176, p.1-11.