Prof. Dr. Yury A Litvinov

Curriculum Vitae

Address  

GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH

Nuclear Astrophysics Division

Planckstrasse 1

64291 Darmstadt

Germany 

Phone +49 (0)6159 71 1758
Mobile +49 (0)152 56809091
Email y.litvinov(at)gsi.de
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Address  

Universität zu Köln 

Institut für Kernphysik

Zülpicher Straße 77

50937 Köln

Germany

Phone +49 (0)221 470-2796
Email ylitvino(at)uni-koeln.de
  

 

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-4993

 

Education and Academic career

Since 2025W3 Professor (Full Professor) 
Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
01.2018-12.2020Visiting Professor
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China
Since 08.2017Außerplanmäßiger Professor
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Since 10.2011Visiting Professor
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P.R. China
10.2012-09.2014Helmholtz-Akademie für Führungskräfte
Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen
01.2011-08.2017Privat-Dozent
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
01.2011Habilitation (Venia Legendi)
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2009Visiting Professor
Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
10.1999-05.2003Doctoral Thesis
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Geissel 
Title: “Basic Nuclear Properties of Neutron-Deficient Nuclei investigated via High Precision Mass Measurements in the Element Range of 36 ≤ Z ≤ 92” 
Examinators: Prof. Dr. H. Geissel, Prof. Dr. V. Metag, Prof. Dr. W. Scheid 
Mark “Ausgezeichnet” (summa cum laude)
06.1996-01.1999Magister of Science (Physics)
St. Petersburg State University, Russia 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yu. N. Novikov 
Title: “Direct Mass measurements of exotic nuclei at the Heavy-Ion Storage Ring ESR at GSI” 
08.1996-09.1996Fellow at the GSI International Student Program
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
09.1992-06.1996 Bachelor of Science (Physics)
St. Petersburg State University, Russia 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yu.N. Novikov 
Title: “Mass Measurements of Nuclei and their Physical Applications” 
09.1982-06.1992Secondary school
Gatchina, Leningrad Region, Russia

 

Research Positions and Committees

Since 2025Department Head “Nuclear Astrophysics”
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt
08.2024-07.2026Principal Investigator, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, programme ``Netzwerke 2021", Research Network NRW-FAIR
Since 04.2023Member, Selection Committee for Genter-Kastler Prize, Max-Born Prize, and Smoluchowski-Warburg Prize, German Physical Society (DPG)
Since 11.2022Team Leader of the Nuclear Physics Group of GSI at CERN
Since 05.2024Member, Review Board “3.23 Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
10.2021-03.2024Chair, Mass Spectroscopy Division (FV MS), German Physical Society (DPG)
04.2021-03.2025Principal Investigator, Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Arts and Culture, programme „Clusterprojekte", Research Cluster Project ELEMENTS
Since 2020Member of the Helmholtz Research Academy (HFHF)
2018-2026Member of the Advisory Panel of Physica Scripta
04.2016-09.2021Principal Investigator, ERC (European Research Council) Consolidator Grant 2015
2013-2020Member of the committee “Komitee für Hadronen- und Kernphysik (KHuK)”
Representative of the KHuK in the Committee for Astroparticle Physics (KAT)
11.2012-11.2017Elected member
Scientific-Technical Committee (Wissenschaftlich-Technischer Rat) of GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
2013Guest Editor, of International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
2012-2017Principal Investigator, Helmholtz-CAS Joint Research Group (HCJRG108)
Since 03.2011Staff Member, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt
Research group leader “Experiments at the border between atomic and nuclear physics"
Since 03.2011Coordinator of Working Group “Ring Physics and Performance” of the SPARC (Stored Particles Atomic Physics Research Collaboration) Collaboration of FAIR
Since 03.2011Technical Director, the ILIMA (Isomeric Beams, Lifetimes and Masses) Collaboration of FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany)
Since 03.2011Guest Scientist, Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany 
04.2008-02.2011Staff Member, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt
Project leader “Direct mass and half-life measurements of short-lived nuclides at the fragment separator FRS and the cooler-storage ring ESR”
Since 03.2009Senior Member, the ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI at GSI
Helmholtz Alliance HA216 “Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory”
03.2009-02.2011Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany 
Group leader „Nuclear physics and astrophysics with stored ions“
Since 08.2008GSI Coordinator of experiments at Storage Ring ESR
07.2008-11.2022Deputy-Teamleader of the Nuclear physics group of GSI at CERN
04.2005-03.2008Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Postdoctoral Fellow) 
Kernphysik II, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany 
Project leader „Direct mass and half-lives measurements and the ESR“
Since 04.2006Deputy-Spokesperson, the ILIMA (Isomeric Beams, Lifetimes and Masses) Collaboration at FAIR
05.2003-04.2005Postdoctoral Fellow (employed at GSI, Darmstadt) 
Brookhaven Technology Group, Long Island New York, U.S.A. 
GSI-contact for the experimental program on the production and use of long-lived nuclear isomers

 

Publications


>450 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. See the full list here
 

Presentations

>250 presentations at international and national conferences, schools, seminars and colloquia. See the full list here
 

Referee Service

The referee for scientific journals: Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. C, Phys. Rep., Phys. Lett. B, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A and B, J. Phys. G, Eur. Phys. J. A, Hyperf. Interact., Phys. Scripta, Res. Astron. Astroph., J. Instr., Rev. Sci. Instr., Nucl. Phys. A., Int. J. Mod. Phys. E, Text. J. Chem., Int. J. Mass Spectr., Chin. Phys. C., Prog. Nucl. Part. Phys., Ann. Phys.

The referee for funding agencies: ERC (European Research Council), STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK), ANR (Agence nationale de la recherche, France), Humboldt Foundation (Germany), KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan), SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation), Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council), Cornerstone Investigator Program (China), IAC-CAS (International Advisory Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Fellowships, Award Grants and Prizes

2021APS Fellow, American Physical Society, USA
2018DunHuang Award for Foreign Experts, Gansu Province, China
2018Visiting Professor, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2016Chinese Academy of Sciences President‘s International Fellowship Initiative for Visiting Scientists, China
2015ERC (European Research Council) Consolidator Grant 2015
2014Mattauch-Herzog Prize of the German Society of Mass Spectrometry (DGMS)
2012Helmholtz-CAS Joint Research Group
2011Visiting Professor, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
2009Visiting Professor Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Senior International Scientists
2007IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics
09.20061st  VARIAN prize for the best poster presentation, Internationl Conference, Trapped Charged Particles, 2006, Canada
2005GENCO (GSI Exotic Nuclei Community) Membership Award
1998IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) SUNAMCO Medal 
(as a member of the FRS-ESR Collaboration at GSI)
1996Fellowship at the GSI International Summer Program 

 


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