Dr.Phys. Ivar SHMELD Leading researcher Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia Raina blwd 19, Riga, LV 1586 Latvia Phone: +371 7034585 Fax: +371 7034582 E-mail: shmeld@latnet.lv

Born: December 23,1947, Latvia

• Astrochemistry
• Circumstellar Envelopes and Interstellar Clouds
• VLBI Networks

Languages: Latvian, Russian, English

• M.D. University of Latvia  (Riga). Major: Physics, 1971 
• Ph.D. Institute of Astrophysics and Physics of Atmosphere, Estonian Acad. Sc., Tartu Observatory , Major: Astrophysics, 1977. Th.Ph.D. "Investigation of the anomalous microwave radiation of the cosmic H₂O molecule".

 Astronomical Institute, University of Latvia   (before 01.07.97. Radioastrophysical observatory of Latvian Acad. Sc.):

• Laboratory Assistant, Senior Laboratory Assistant, post graduate Researcher, Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department, 11.1970. — 05.1993.
• Leading researcher, since 05.1993.

 Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute of the Russian Acad. Sc. :

• Visiting Researcher, 1983

• Member of the  Editorial Board of the Journal Baltic Astronomy"
• Advisory editor, Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions"
• Member, International Astronomical Union
• Member, European Astronomical Society
• Vice-President, Latvian Astronomical Society
• Member, Council of Eurasian Astronomical Society

• Head of Project Nonstationary Phenomena and Processes in the Astronomical Objects (Stars on the Late Stages of Evolution, Circumstellar Envelopes, Sun) (Latvian Council of Sciences) (08.1998 — 12.2000) 

• Head of Project Investigations of the Physical Processes in the Non-stationary Objects in Space (Interstellar Matter, Solar Corona, Supernovae) (Latvian Council of Sciences) (since 01.2001)

• Coordinator of the Subproject Basic and Applied Reseach Based on the Feassibilities of the VIRAC Radiotelescopes and their Employing for Receiving, Processing and Transmitting of the Cosmic Information. Application of the Radioastronomical Methods in the Investigations of Objects in Space (Latvian Council of Sciences) (since 01.2001)

Some research activities — implementing of VLBI network in cooperation with  Data Processing Department   of the Astro Space Center of P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute (Russia, Moscow) are connected with  Ventspils Radioastronomical Centre

• I.Shmeld. The influence of dust condensation on the chemical composition of the carbon star IRC+10216 circumstellar envelope. - Proceedings of 54th Scientific Conference of University of Latvia, Astronomy section, Riga, October 25 - 27, 1995, 19 - 22, LU, Riga, 1995.
• A.Balklavs, E.Bervalds, I.Platais, B.Ryabov, I.Shmeld. The Ventspils antennae – status and scientific possibilities, Cosmoparticle Physics 1.- Proceedings of 1^st . International conference on cosmoparticle physics Cosmion 94, Moscow, 4 -14 December 1994, (Eds M.Yu.Khlopov, M.E.Prokhorov, A.A.Starobinsky, J.Tran Thanh Van), Editions Frontieres, 1996, pp.437-442.
• I.Shmeld. The influence of dust condensation on the chemical composition of the AGB star circumstellar envelope. - Proc. Of the 9^th Cambridge workshop “Cool stars, stellar systems, and the Sun”, PASP Conference series 109, San Francisco 1996, pp.545 - 546.
• I.Shmeld. The influence of dust condensation on the molecular abundances of the carbon star circumstellar envelope. - Astron. & Astroph. Transact.,1997.,vol.13.,pp.255–259
• I.Shmeld, J.Freimanis. Calculation of equilibrium molecular abundances near star forming region. - Proc. of the conference "Modern Problems of Stellar Evolution", Zvenigorod, October, 12–16, 1998 , pp 48 – 51.
• I.Shmeld, J.Freimanis, N.G.Bockarev. Calculation of chemical equilibrium in the Interstellar cloud. - Odessa Astronomical Publications, 1999, vol. 12, pp 133 – 135.
• I.Shmeld, A.Benz, A.Dementjev, B.Lipatov, I.Molotov, B.Ryabov, Z.Sika. The first VLBI observations with Ventspils 32 m radiotelescope under LFVN project. - Proceedings of the 5th European VLBI Network Symposium, Chalmers Technical University, June 29th - July 1st, 2000. (Edited by. J. Conway, A. Polatidis, R.Booth. and Y Pihlstrom), pp.247 – 248.
• D.B.Bezrukov, V.Bezrukov, E.Bervalds, G.Ozolins, M.Paupere, B.Ryabov, I.Shmeld, Z.Sika, A.Kozhavin. Solar eclipse observations with 32- m radiotelescope. - Baltic Astronomy (in (press, August 11, 1999)
  

Last update 07.11.2003