Project Coordinator (Leader) and Manager

1.    Coordinator and Project Leader of the Plasma Physics activity of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR)/Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Exchange Program, since 1989.

2.    Principal Investigator and Project Leader of the project  ``Turbulence in Laboratory and Space Plasmas", SCIENCE (Twinning and operations) Program of the European Economic Community (EEC), Brussels, July 1992--October 1994.

3.    Principal Investigator and Project Leader of the project  ``Nonlinear Phenomena in Microphysics of Collisionless Plasmas. Application to Space and Laboratory Plasmas", Human Capital and Mobility (HCM) Network of the European Union (EU), Brussels, November 1993--February 1996.

4.    Principal Investigator and Project Leader of the project ``Colloidal Plasmas", Human Capital and Mobility (HCM) Network of the European Union (EU), Brussels, September 1994--March 1997.

5.    Co-Principal Investigator of the Project  ``Studies of large and small scale structures in the auroral ionosphere", NATO Collaborative Research Grant, Brussels, November 1994--July 1997.

6.    Principal Investigator and Project Leader of the project  ``Nonlinear Phenomena in Space and Laboratory Plasmas", INTAS Project of the EU, Brussels, November 1994--March 1997.

7.    Coordinator and Project Leader of the project  ``Untersuchung nichtlinearer Alfven-artiger Wellen in Astrophysikalischen Plasmen", Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn) Project, July 1997--July 1999.

8.    Coordinator and Project Leader of the project  ``Superstrong Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas", INTAS Project of the EU, Brussels, October 1998--September 2000. EU financial contribution: Euro 60,000.-

9.    Principal Investigator and ProjectLeader of the project  ``Coulomb Crystallization in Plasmas", INTAS Project of the EU, Brussels, October 1998--September 2000. EU financial contribution: Euro 60,000.-

10.    Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator of the project "Studies of Collective Processes in Dusty Plasmas", NATO SCIENCE PROGRAM- Collaborative Linkage Grant, Brussels, August 1999--July 2000. NATO financial contribution: BEF 462,000.-

11.    Team Leader/Director, International Team  ``Dust Plasma Interactions in Space", International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern (Switzerland), February 1999--February 2001. ISSI financial contribution: US $ 32000 per year.

12.    Principal Investigator and Project Manager of the project "Complex Plasmas: The Science of Laboratory Colloidal Plasmas and Mesospheric Charged Aerosols", Human Potential-Research Training Networks of the EU, Brussels, July2000--June 2004. Estimated EU financial contribution: Euro 1362000.-

13.     Team Leader/Director, International Team ``Complex Plasmas in Space: Appications to the Solar System and Near Earth Space'', International Space Science Institute , Bern (Switzerland),  February 2001--April 2002, ISSI financial contribution: US $ 32000 per year.

14.     Principal Investigator and Project Manager of the project ``Turbulent Boundary Layers in  Geospace Plasmas'', Human Potential-Research Training Network of the EU, Brussels,  April 2002-March 2005. Estimated EU financial contribution: Euro 1190000.-

15.     Project Leader of the DFG project B3 ` ` Dynamik nicht-sphaerischer-Staubteilchen in magnetisierten Plasmen: Theorie´ ´ ,  DFG-SFB 591 ` ` Universelles Verhalten Gleichgewicht Plasmen: Heizung, Transport und Strukturbildung´ ´ , DFG, Jan 2003-December 2006. Estimated DFG contribution: Euro 356.000.-

16.     Project Leader of the DFG SH21/1-1-project ` `Exploring the Nonlinear Dynamics of Relativistic Astrophysical Shocks with Kinetic Simulations and Advanced Visualisation Methods'',  DFG/SH21/1-1, October 2005-September 2008. Estimated DFG contribution: Euro 250.000.-

17.     Project Leader of the DFG project B3 ` ` Waves and dynamical phenomena in magnetized complex (dusty plasmas)´ ´ ,  DFG-SFB 591 ` ` Universelles Verhalten Gleichgewicht Plasmen: Heizung, Transport und Strukturbildung´ ´ , DFG, Jan 2007-December 2007. Estimated DFG contribution: Euro 65.000.-

18.     Project Leader of the DFG SH21/3-1-project ` `Instabilities and nonlinear dynamics beyond the magnetic threshold'',  DFG/SH21/2-2, September 2008-August 2011. Estimated DFG contribution: Euro 200.000.-

Last Updated 18 January 2011