Sami Solanki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sami Solanki

astronomer

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1958

Place of Birth: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Sami Solanki

  • Sami Khan Solanki (born 1958 in Karachi, Pakistan) is director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), director of the Sun-Heliosphere Department of MPS, a scientific member of the Max Planck Society, and a Chair (and spokesperson) of the International Max Planck Research School on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond at the Universities of Braunschweig and Göttingen.Solanki is also an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Astronomy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and (2) Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics at the Braunschweig University of Technology in Germany.
  • In addition, he is a Distinguished Professor at the Kyung Hee University in Korea. He is the editor-in-chief of the Living Reviews in Solar Physics, an exclusively web-based, peer-reviewed journal, publishing reviews of research in all areas of solar and heliospheric physics.
  • Living Reviews in Solar Physics was recently rated with an impact factor of 17.636 taking the third place in the "Astronomy & Astrophysics" category.Solanki's main topics of research are: Solar and heliospheric physics, in particular solar magnetism and Sun-Earth relations Stellar astrophysics, mainly stellar activity and magnetism Astronomical tests of theories of gravitation Atomic and molecular physics of astronomical interest Protoplanetary discs and extrasolar planets Radiative transfer of polarised lightHe has also held these positions: (1) Vice-Chairman and member of the Senate Committee of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR); (2) Member Appointment Committee and Committee of Three of the DLR; (3) Member Extraterrestrial Program Committee of the DLR; (4) Science Advisory Committee of the High Altitude Observatory, Boulder/USA; (5) Science Advisory Board at the Istituto Ricerche Solari (IRSOL), Locarno/Switzerland; and has contributed to the following space/balloon projects: Sunrise (PI) STEREO Secchi (Co-I) SDO HMI (Co-I) Solar Orbiter PHI (PI)

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