June 19, 2024. On June 19, 2024, Director of the Geophysical Center of RAS Anatoly Soloviev celebrates his anniversary. Anatoly Alexandrovich is a prominent specialist in geoinformatics and geomagnetism, corresponding member of RAS, and professor of RAS.

Anatoly Soloviev was born on June 19, 1979 in Moscow. In 1996-2002, he received a higher education in applied mathematics at the Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys. In 2002-2005, he took post-graduate study at the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1999–2005, he worked as a researcher at the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of RAS. Since 2005, he has been working at the Geophysical Center of RAS, having worked his way up from a leading researcher to the director (since 2019). Since 2010, he has been the head of the Laboratory of Geoinformatics and Geomagnetic Studies.

In 2014, Anatoly Soloviev defended his doctoral thesis in physics and mathematics. Since 2015, he has been a professor of RAS. In 2016, he was elected a corresponding member of RAS (the Department of Earth Sciences of RAS).

Anatoly Soloviev is a specialist in the development of mathematical methods for intellectual analysis of geophysical data. His list of scientific publications includes more than 190 papers in Russian and foreign scientific journals, 5 books, more than 150 abstracts from Russian and international scientific conferences, and over 40 certificates of intellectual property registration.

The main scientific results: Anatoly Soloviev developed the algorithm "Crystal", designed to detect areas of increased density in multidimensional data sets. The method allows the geometric characteristics and the modules of direction of magnetic moment vector of anomalies generating bodies with high resolution to be determined.

The Atlas of the Earth's Magnetic Field was developed and published, which reflects the evolution of the geomagnetic field from 1500 to 2010. The Atlas contains both the results of the latest achievements in modeling and mapping the magnetic field, and the results of direct geomagnetic observations and modeling in historical epochs. For the first time, an automated algorithmic system for the recognition of anthropogenic anomalous events in geomagnetic records using fuzzy logic and pattern recognition was developed. Due to its efficiency and accuracy, this system is comparable with the corresponding methods used by hand in the INTERMAGNET program. Basing on DMA the algorithmic detection of anomalous events in the time series of variations of the bottom water pressure, recorded by the worldwide network of bottom sensors of the hydrostatic pressure in the open ocean, was developed. The established system is capable to detect events in the accumulated data, not included into the available global catalogs of earthquakes and tsunamis because of their small magnitude.

A multidisciplinary intellectual GIS "Data on Earth Sciences for the Territory of Russia and Neighboring Countries" was established, continuously updated with new geospatial geological and geophysical data. Currently the analytical components of GIS based on mathematical methods of data mining are being developed. A technology has been developed for modeling the current field in the polar ionosphere with the identification of vortex current structures using ground-based data in quasi-real time. An interactive GIS has been developed for short-term forecasting of the intensity of auroras and the position of the auroral oval in real time. The influence of space weather on the reliability of the functioning of industrial infrastructure in the Russian Arctic has been studied in detail.

Comprehensive studies of geomagnetic storm diagnostics based on observations of secondary cosmic rays have been carried out. A digital climate atlas of the dynamics of the main hydrometeorological parameters of the Russian Arctic for 1950–2021 has been created. For the first time, an expert GIS-oriented database has been created to assess seismic hazard on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Since 2023, Anatoly Soloviev has been a member of the RAS Scientific Council “Environment and Transport”. Since 2022, he has been a member of Interdepartmental Scientific and Technical Commission on Heliogeophysics under the Presidium of RAS. Since 2021, the scientist has been a member of the Working Group in the field of education and science under the Commission of the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. Since 2020, he has been a member of RAS Scientific Council on Arctic and Antarctic Studies. Since 2017, Anatoly Soloviev has been a member of the Commission on Personnel Affairs of the Council for Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation. Since 2015, he has been a member of the RAS Working Group for evaluation and selection of scientific journals for RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index) collection. In 2017–2022, he was a member of the Scientific Publishing Board of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2013–2017, Anatoly Soloviev was a Division vice-chair of the expert group on “Rational use of natural resources” of Scientific Coordination Council for Federal Special Purpose Program of the Ministry of Education and Science, in 2015–2017, a member of the Council for the creation of unified system of information management for scientific research of the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations.

Within the framework of international activities since 2018, Anatoly Soloviev has been a member of the RAS National committee of the Committee on Data of the International Council for Science (CODATA) and the National committee of the International Programme “Future Earth” under the Presidium of RAS. Since 2017, he has been the Russian National correspondent to International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. In 2015–2023, the scientist was the Chair of Interdivisional Commission on History of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. In 2020–2023, he was the IUGG Liaison Officer to the ISC Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), in 2014–2018, the Chair of the CODATA Task Group “Earth and Space Science Data Interoperability”, in 2017–2023, the vice chair of Commission on Data and Information of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. In 2010–2016, Anatoly Soloviev was a visiting professor at Paris Institute of Physics of the Earth (IPGP, France). In 2008 and 2010, he was a visiting researcher at NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (Boulder, Colorado, USA) and in 2004, he was a visiting researcher at the Laboratory of Volcanology of Clermont-Ferrand University (France).

Since 2015, Anatoly Soloviev has been a member of Data Science Journal editorial board, since 2016, a member of Russian Journal of Earth Sciences editorial board, since 2017, a member of Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics journal editorial board, since 2017, the editor-in-chief of the Geoinformatics Research Papers journal. Since 2020, a member of the editorial board of the journal “Geology and Geophysics of the South of Russia”. Since 2022, he has been a member of the editorial board of the journal “Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth”.

Anatoly Soloviev is a laureate of the RAS prize named after B. B. Golitsyn for a series of works on “System geoinformation analysis of geophysical data for identifying zones of increased seismic hazard, studying lithospheric structures and recognizing geomagnetic field anomalies” (2024). He was awareded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” II class (2024), Medal “300 years of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (2024), Letter of gratitude from the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (2024), Medal of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation “For contribution to the implementation of state policy in the field of scientific and technological development” (2021), and Diploma di Merito and Gold Medal for Exceptional Achievements from EU Scientific-Industrial Chamber (2016).

The staff of the Geophysical Center cordially congratulates Anatoly Alexandrovich on his anniversary and wishes him good health, well-being, and further success in the development of science!