The International Alexander Chizhevsky medal for Space Weather and Space Climate was awarded to Tatiana Podladchikova in a ceremony that was held during the 12th European Space Weather Week in Ostend, Belgium. This award is given to a young researcher for major contributions to space weather research and/or services. According to the prize criteria, the candidate for the medal “must have taken unexplored ways, potentially at risk, to reach a successful achievement”.
“This is great honor and encouragement for me” said Podladchikova, who got her PhD in technical sciences in 2008. She works in the Skoltech Space Research Center from its foundation in 2013. This is not the first time she participates in the European Space Weather Week – in 2009 she got an award for the best poster on the meeting. Podladchikova is involved in processing of space data. She participates in research devoted to space weather forecasting as a method for preventing and mitigating the cosmic accidents and their ...