Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Chair of Astrophysics at the Academic Physical-Technological University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Cosmic Research Chair of the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Chief Research Scientist of the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Chair of the Council on Astrophysics and Space Research at the Ioffe Institute.

Address:

Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Politekhnicheskaya 26
194021 St.Petersburg
Russia

Telephone numbers:	(+7 -812-)	292 7180
		292 7326
E-mail:	varsh@astro.ioffe.ru