Sergej Zilitinkevich#


Sergej Zilitinkevich
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:2019
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES
Elected:2000
Main Country of Residence:FINLAND


Sergej Zilitinkevich passed away February 15, 2021.

Positions Held
  • Since 2008 Research Professor, Finnish Meteorological Institute / Research Director, Division Atmos. Sci., Dept. Physics, Helsinki University, Finland
  • Since 2011 Visiting Chief Scientist, Dept. of Radio-physics, Nizhny Novgorod University, Russia
  • 2004 - 2007 Finland: Marie Curie Chair (Boundary-Layer Physics), University of Helsinki
  • 1998 - 2003 Sweden: Professor, Chair of Meteorology, Uppsala Univ. (since 2003 Prof. Emeritus)
  • 1991 - 1997 Germany: Visiting Professor, Max Planck Inst. of Meteorology, Hamburg University, Alfred Wegener Inst. of Polar and Marine Research, GKSS Research Centre
  • 1990 - 1990 Denmark: Visiting Professor, RISØ National Laboratory
  • 1959 - 1990 Russia: Main Geophysical Observatory (Head of Lab), Institute of Lake Research(Senior Scientist), Institute of Oceanology (Founding Director of Leningrad Branch), Russian State Hydrometeorological University (Professor)

Fields of Scholarship
  • Boundary layer meteorology
  • Atmospheric physics

Honours and Awards
  • 2000 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal of European Geophysical Society
  • 2015 Alfred Wegener Medal of European Geoscience Union (http://www.egu.eu/news/126/egu-announces-2015-awards-and-medals)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (Earth and Cosmic Sciences, since 2002)
  • Member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Geosciences, since 2009)
  • 2012 Member of Societas Scientiarum Fennica (Mathematical & Physical Sciences)
  • 2012 Member of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 Fellow of Royal Meteorological Society (UK)
  • 2015 Honorary member of European Geoscience Union
  • 2003 Professor Emeritus, Uppsala University (Sweden)
  • 2015 Doctor honoris causa, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
  • 2015 Doctor honoris causa, University of Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
  • 2016 Doctor honoris causa, Odessa Ecological University (Ukraine)


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