Bio
BioDr. Viacheslav Merkin has more than 20 years of extensive experience in numerical modeling of space plasmas, in particular, MHD simulations of the Earth's magnetosphere and the inner heliosphere. He has contributed to many areas of space plasma research, including the physics of the strongly driven magnetosphere, magnetopause boundary instabilities, magnetotail stability and reconnection, particle acceleration, and heliospheric magnetic structure. His current scientific interests include understanding and describing the collective behavior of the disparate domains of geospace, particularly during storm time. Dr. Merkin is a visiting scientist at NCAR/HAO.
