Dr. Dmitry Svinkin, Research Scientist, Ioffe Institute Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics
Dr. Svinkin is the deputy principal investigator of Russian-US Konus-Wind experiment and the main researcher of the Interplanetary network (a collaboration of space-based instruments for gamma-ray burst observations). His main areas of research include multiwavelength observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), soft gamma-repeaters (SGRs), and solar flares.
Recently he has been participating in electromagnetic counterpart searches of gravitational waves in collaboration with LIGO/Virgo gravitational wave observatory teams and searches for gamma-ray counterparts of fast optical transients in collaboration with the Zwicky Transient Facility (Palomar Observatory) and the MASTER robotic telescope network (MSU). His main results include localization of short gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A accompanied by gravitational waves (ApJL 848, 12, 2017; arXiv: 1710.05833) and analyses and searches for SGR extragalactic giant flares (Nature 589, 211, 2021; arXiv:2101.05144). Dr. Svinkin is also involved in development of GRB dedicated space-based instruments at Ioffe Institute.
