Alexander Kosovichev

Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics
Degrees:
D.Sc. Astrophysics, 1989, St.Petersburg Univ.
Ph.D., Applied Math., 1980, Moscow Univ.
Positions:
09/13-present: Distinguished Professor, NJIT
09/94 – 08/13: Stanford University
10/90 – 09/94: Univ. of Cambridge
11/79 – 10/90: Crimean Astrophys. Observatory
Recognition:
Wempe Prize in Astrophysics(2005)
Fellow of American Geophysical Union
Ph.D.
D.Sc.; St.Petersburg University; Astrophysics; 1989
Ph.D.; Moscow University; Applied Mathematics; 1980
M.S.; Novosibirsk University; Physics; 1975
PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
PHYS 202 - INTRO ASTRONOMY COSMOLGY
PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
PHYS 741 - BASIC PLASMA PHYS W SPACE, LAB
PHYS 490 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
Solar-terrestrial physics, plasma physics, heliophysics
PHYS 202: INTRO ASTRONOMY COSMOLGY
PHYS 202: INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY
PHYS 741: BASIC PLASMA PHYS W SPACE, LAB
PHYS 747: INTRO TO HELIOSEISMOLOGY
PHYS 780: CURR TOPICS APPLIED PHYS
PHYS 780: ST: SOLAR AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
Solar observations and theory, helioseismology, astrophysics, numerical simulations.
"Evolution of Global Magnetic Helicity in Solar Cycles 24 and 25"
September, 2026.
"Helioseismic Evidence Supporting a Tachocline-Driven Solar Dynamo"
September, 2026.
"Getting Insight into the Mechanisms of Solar-Stellar Irradiance Variations from Helioseismic Observations of Solar Cycles"
August, 2026.
"ML-driven early detection of solar active region emergence for space-weather forecasting"
August, 2026.
"Rotational coupling of convection and overshoot in the Sun and solar-type stars"
August, 2026.
"Subsurface dynamics of super-active Regions in Solar Cycle 25"
August, 2026.
Jonas Tirona, Sarang Patil, Spiridon Kasapis, Eren Dogan, John Stefan, Irina N. Kitiashvili, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Mengjia Xu. 2026. "Forecasting Continuum Intensity for Solar Active Region Emergence Prediction Using Transformers." Journal of Geophysical Research Machine Learning and Computation, vol. 3, pp. 01207.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Irina N. Kitiashvili. 2026. "Improving Our Knowledge of the Solar Near-Surface Shear Layer: The Special Case of the Leptocline." Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Series A, vol. 20, no. A32, pp. 360-370.
Robert Bush, John Stefan, Alexander G. Kosovichev. 2026. "Origin of Coronal Extreme Ultraviolet Shockwaves Without a Coronal Mass Ejection Event." \solphys, vol. 301, no. 8, pp. 126.
Spiridon Kasapis, Eren Dogan, Irina N. Kitiashvili, Alexander G. Kosovichev, John T. Stefan, Jake D. Butler, Jonas Tirona, Sarang Patil, Mengjia Xu. 2026. "SolARED: Solar Active Region Emergence Dataset for Machine Learning Aided Predictions." \solphys, vol. 301, no. 7, pp. 106.
Spiridon Kasapis, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Kathryn Whitman, Ricky Egeland, Manolis Georgoulis, Angelos Vourlidas, Athanasios Papaioannou, Eleni Lavasa, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Giorgos Giannopoulos, Andres Munoz-Jaramillo, Bala Poduval, Irina N. Kitiashvili, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Viacheslav Sadykov, Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi, Tate T. Hutchins, Hameedullah A. Farooki, Manuel E. Cuesta, Leng Y. Khoo, Sungmin Pak, Robert Czarnota, Jamie S. Rankin, Jamey Szalay, Mitchell M. Shen, Georgios Livadiotis, Zigong Xu, David J. McComas, Nikolaos Sarlis, Dionissios Hristopulos, Arik Posner, Alec J. Engell, Mohammed AbuBakr Ali, Abdelkawy, Ali G.~A., Shaltout, Abdelrazek M.~K., Beheary, M.~M., Christina O. Lee, Sigiava Aminalragia-Giamini, Constantinos Papadimitriou, Ingmar Sandberg, Savvas Raptis, Shah Muhammad Hamdi, Monica Laurenza, Mirko Stumpo, Sumanth A. Rotti, India Jackson, Aatiya Ali, Atilim Gunes Baydin, Nathan Schwadron, Subhamoy Chatterjee, Maher A. Dayeh, Gelu M. Nita, Patrick M. O'Keefe, Chun Jie Chong, Paul Kosovich, Russell D. Marroquin, Berkay Aydin, Petrus C. Martens, Lulu Zhao, Yang Chen, Yian Yu, Monica G. Bobra, Ward Manchester, Tamas Gombosi, Ming Zhang, Jesse Torres, Philip K. Chan, Mohamed Nedal, Kamen Kozarev, Peijin Zhang, Kimberly Moreland, Hazel M. Bain, Samuel Hart, Michael J. Starkey, Alan G. Ling, Simone Benella. 2026. "Review of Machine Learning Models for Solar Energetic Particle Prediction." arXiv e-prints, pp. arXiv:2606.19539.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, Alexander G. Kosovichev. 2026. "Sharper than Ever: Do Modern Observations Pin down the Solar Radius to Converge on New Standards?." \solphys, vol. 301, no. 6, pp. 95.
"Development of Intelligent Databases and Analysis Tools for Heliophysics"
Wiley, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.
"Characteristics of Sunquake Events Observed in Solar Cycle 24"
Copernicus GmbH, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2021.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Ali Kilcik. "A brief history of the solar diameter measurements: a critical quality assessment of the existing data." "Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars: from Asteroseismology to Space Weather," pp. 89-108. EDP Sciences, 2020.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Ali Kilcik. "A brief history of the solar diameter measurements: a critical quality assessment of the existing data." "Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars: from Asteroseismology to Space Weather," pp. 89-108. EDP Sciences, 2020.
Alexander G. Kosovichev, Junwei Zhao, Stathis Ilonidis. "Local Helioseismology of Emerging Active Region: A Case Study." "Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars: from Asteroseismology to Space Weather," pp. 15-38. EDP Sciences, 2020.
Alexander G. Kosovichev, Junwei Zhao, Stathis Ilonidis. "Local Helioseismology of Emerging Active Region: A Case Study." "Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars: from Asteroseismology to Space Weather," pp. 15-38. EDP Sciences, 2020.
Alan A. Wray, Khalil Bensassiy, Irina N. Kitiashvili, Nagi N. Mansour, Alexander G. Kosovichev. "Realistic Simulations of Stellar Radiative MHD." "Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars: from Asteroseismology to Space Weather," pp. 39-62. EDP Sciences, 2020.
Alan A. Wray, Khalil Bensassiy, Irina N. Kitiashvili, Nagi N. Mansour, Alexander G. Kosovichev. "Realistic Simulations of Stellar Radiative MHD." "Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars: from Asteroseismology to Space Weather," pp. 39-62. EDP Sciences, 2020.
Alexander G. Kosovichev. "Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origins and Manifestations." 495 pp. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN ISBN110848249X.
"How big is the Sun: Solar diameter changes over time"
Balkan, Black sea and Caspian sea Regional Network for Space Weather Studies, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2018.
"On the role of tachoclines in solar and stellar dynamos"
ArXiv e-prints, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2015.
"Simulations of Stellar Magnetoconvection using the Radiative MHD Code ‘StellarBox’"
ArXiv e-prints, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2015.
"Effects of large-scale non-axisymmetric perturbations in the mean-field solar dynamo"
ArXiv e-prints, May, 2015.
"Using MHD simulations to model H-alpha and UV spectral lines for interpretation of IRIS and NST data"
ArXiv e-prints, November, 2014.