Andrejs CEBERS

Professor Andrejs CEBERS Leading Researcher Institute of Physics, University of Latvia Miera iela 32 Salaspils, LV 2169 Latvia Phone: +371 794 5830, +371 752 2213 Fax: +371 790 1214 E-mail: aceb@sal.lv

Born: December 15, 1947, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

• Hydrodynamics
• Pattern Formation, Nonlinear Phenomena
• Free Boundary Phenomena
• Numerical Simulation
• Soft Magnetic and Dielectric Media

Languages: Latvian, Russian, English, French, German

Education

• University of Latvia (Faculty of Physics), 1971
• Dr.phys. (Candidate of science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Moscow State University, Russia, 1977
• Dr.habil. phys. (Doctor of science in former USSR), Moscow State University, Russia, 1987

Experience

Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences:

• Engineer, Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher,   1971-1996
• Leading Researcher,  1996 -

University of Latvia:

• Professor in Theoretical Physics, University of Latvia, 1988 -
• Head of Chair of Theoretical Physics, 1999 -

Abroad:

• Invited Professor, University of Nice-Sophia Antinopolis (France), 1997-1999 (4 months per year)
• Invited Professor, University Denis' Didro Paris VII (France), 1991, 1995, 1997 - 1999 (2 months per year)
• Researcher, Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Nice-Sophia Antinopolis (France),
  1996 (6 months)
• Researcher, ABB Corporate Research, Vasteros (Sweden), 1994-1995 (6 months)

Professional activities and memberships

• Chairman, Scientific Council, Institute of Physics, 1992 - 1997
• Vice-president, Latvian National Committee for Mechanics, 1993-1995
• Member of Board, Latvian National Committee for Mechanics, 1995 -
• Chairman, Scientific Council of Habilitation and Promotion for Physics, Latvian University, 1994 -
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board for journal Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika (Magnetohydrodynamics), 1989 -
• Editor-in-Chief for  Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika (Magnetohydrodynamics), 1989 -

Honours and Awards

• Corresponding member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992-1993
• Full member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1993 -
• The  Latvian Academy of Sciences and Joint-stock Company R&D ALFA Prize in Physics, 2002
• Full Member, Academia Europaea, 2005 
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Edgars Silinsh's Prize, 2005

Courses

University of Latvia:

• Hydrodynamics
• Physical Kinetics
• Physics and Hydrodynamics of Magnetic Liquids
• Nonlinear Phenomena
• Boundary Integral Equation Methods in Problems of Mathematical Physics

 

Recent/Representative Publications

• E.Blums, A.Cebers, M.M.Maiorov. Magnetic Liquids. Berlin -New York: W de G Gruyter, 1997, 416 pp.
• A.Cebers. Interfacial stresses in the hydrodynamics with internal rotations, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1975, 1, pp.79 - 82 (in Russian)
• A.Cebers, M.M.Maiorov. Magnetostatic instabilities in plane layers of magnetizable fluids, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1980, 1, pp.27 - 35 (in Russian)
• A.Cebers, M.M.Maiorov. Structure of the interface between air bubble and magnetic liquid in magnetic field, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1980, 3, pp.15 - 20 (in Russian)
• A.Cebers. Thermodynamic stability of magnetic liquids, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1982, 2, pp.42-48 (in Russian)
• A.Cebers, A.Zemitis. Numerical simulation of MHD instability of the free interface of confined magnetic fluid drop, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1983, 4, pp.15 - 26 (in Russian)
• A.Cebers. Numerical simulation of the dynamics of magnetic fluid drop in constant and rotating magnetic fields, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1986, pp.3 - 8 (in Russian)
• A.Cebers. Chaos in polarization relaxation of a low-conducting suspension of anisotropic particles, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials ,1993, vol.122 , pp.277 - 280
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, R.Perzynski. Behaviour of a magnetic fluid microdrop in a rotating magnetic field, Phys.Rev.Lett.,1994 , vol.72, pp.2705 - 2708
• D.P.Jackson, R.E.Goldstein, A.Cebers. Hydrodynamics of fingering instabilities in dipolar fluids, Phys.Rev.E , 1994, vol.50, 1, pp.298 - 307
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, J.C.Dabadie, R.Perzynski. "Roll-rectangle"transition in the magnetic fluid Faraday instability, Phys.Rev.E, 1994, vol.50, 4, pp.2712-2715
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, J.C.Dabadie, S.Neveu, R.Perzynski. Threshold and marginal curve of magnetic Faraday instability, Europhysics Letters, 1994, vol.27, 6, pp.437-443
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, C.Flament, S.Lacis, R.Melliti, R.Perzynski. Fingering phenomena at bending instability of a magnetic fluid stripe, Progr.Colloid Polym.Sci., 1995, vol.98, pp.30-34
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, A.Bourdon, G.Demouchy, B.M.Heegaard, B.Kashevsky, R.Perzynski. Transient grating in a ferrofluid under magnetic field:Effect of the magnetic interactions on the diffusion coefficient of translation, Phys.Rev.E, 1995, vol.52, 4, pp.3936-3942
• A.Cebers. Liquid magnetic stripe patterns and undulation instabilities, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 1995, vol.149, pp.93-96
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, A.Bourdon, G.Demouchy, B.M.Heegaard, R.Perzynski. Forced Rayleigh experiment in magnetic fluid, Phys.Rev.Lett., 1995, vol.74, 25, pp.5032 - 5035
• J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, S.Lacis, R.Perzynski. Dynamics of a magnetic fluid droplet in a rotating field, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 1995, vol.149, pp.143-147
• A.Cebers, I.Drikis. A numerical study of the evolution of quasi-two-dimensional magnetic fluid shapes, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1996, vol.32, 1, pp.11-21
• A.Cebers. Two-dimensional concentration domain patterns in magnetic suspensions:Energetical and kinetic approach, Prog.Colloid Polym.Sci., 1996, vol.100, pp.101-106
• C.Flament, J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, F.Elias, R.Perzynski. Parallel stripes of ferrofluid as a macroscopic bidimensional smectic, Europhysics Letters, 1996, vol.34, 3, pp.225-230
• J.C.Bacri, V.Cabuil, A.Cebers, C.Menager, R.Perzynski. Flattening of ferro-vesicle undulations under a magnetic field, Europhysics Letters, 1996, vol.33, 3, pp.235-240
• S.Lacis, J.C.Bacri, A.Cebers, R.Perzynski. Frequency locking and devil,s staircase for a two-dimensional ferrofluid droplet in an elliptically polarized rotating magnetic field, Phys.Rev. E, 1997, vol.55, 3, pp.2640 - 2648
• A.Cebers. Topological instability of stripes in Hele-Shaw cells, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1997, vol.33, 2, pp.139-146
• A.Cebers. Stability of diffusion fronts of magnetic particles in porous media (Hele-Shaw cell) under the action of external magnetic field, Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, 1997, vol.33, 1, pp.67 - 74
• S.Cutillas, G.Bossi...., A.Cebers. Flow-induced transition from cylindrical to layered patterns in magnetoreological suspensions. - Phys.Rev., E, 1998, vol.57, N 1, pp. 804-811
• F.Elias, I.Drikis, A.Cebers, C.Flament, J.-C.Bacri. Undulatior instability in two-dimensional foams of magnetic fluid . - Eur. Phys. J., B, 1998, vol. 3, pp.203-209
• C.Flament, G.Pacitto, J.-C.Bacri, I.Drikis, A.Cebers. Viscous fingering in a magnetic fluids. I. Radial Hele-Shaw flow. - Physics of Fluids, 1998, vol. 10, N 10, pp. 2464-2472
• I.Drikis, A.Cebers. Viscous fingering in a magnetic fluids: numericalsimulation of radial Hele-Shaw flow. - JMMM, 1999, vol. 201, pp. 339-342
• H.Rjabovs, A.Cebers. Determination of the effective transfer coefficients at the hydrodynamic dispersion by the lattice-gas method. - Latvian J. Phys.&Technical Sci.,  1999, N 3, pp. 64-78.
• A.Cebers. Instabilities of concentration stripe patterns in ferrocolloids. - Phys. Rev. E, 2000, vol. 61, N 1. pp.700-708.
• A.Cebers, E.Lemaire, L.Lobry. electrohydrodynamic instabilities and orientation of dielectric ellipsoidsin low-conducting fluids. - Phys. Rev. E, 2001, vol. 63,No 1- 016301-6.
• A.Cebers. Magnetic-field-induced anisotropic curvature elasticity of a vesicle membrane containing magnetic polions. - Phys. Rev. E, 2001, vol.63, No 4 - 041412-10 (http://pre.asp.org)
• A.Cebers. Dynamics of the labyrinthine patterns at the diffuse phase boundaries. - Brazilian Journal of Physics, 2001, 31(3), pp.441-445.
• P.Carletto, G.Bossis and A.Cebers. Structures in a magnetic suspension subjected to unidirectional and rotating field. – International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2002, vol.16 (17-18), pp.2279-2285.
• A.Cebers and I.Rubinstein. Polarization of non-equilibrium double layer and agglomeration of polyelectrolyte balls. – International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2002, vol.16 (17-18), pp.2334-2340.
• A.Cebers. Hexagon-stripe transition at the magnetic field induced phase transformations of the magnetorheological suspensions. – International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2002, vol.16 (17-18), pp.2345-2351.
• A.Cebers, E.Lemaire and L.Lobry. Flow modification induced by Quincke rotation in a capillary. - International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2002, vol.16 (17-18), pp.2603-2609.
• C.Menager, M.Meyer, V.Cabuil, A.Cebers,J.-C.Bacri,R.Perzynski. Magnetic phospholipids tubes connected to magnetoliposomes: Pearling instability induced by a magnetic field. - European Physical Journal E, 2002, vol.7, pp.325-337.
• F.Gazeau,E.Dubois,J.-C.Bacri, F.Boue,A.Cebers, R.Perzynski. Anisotropy of the structure factor of magnetic fluids under a field probed by small-angle neutron scattering. - Phys. Rev. E, 2002, vol.65, pp.031403-1-15.
• A.Cebers, P.Janmey. Shape instabilities in charged lipid domains.- Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2002, vol.106, pp.12351-12353.
• A.Cebers. The anisotropy of the surface tension at the magnetic-field-induced phase transformations. - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2002, vol.252, pp.259-261.
• A.Cebers.Dynamics of an elongated magnetic droplet in a rotating field. - Phys.Rev. E, 2002, vol.66, pp.061402
• M.Igonin, A.Cebers. Labyrinthine instability of miscible magnetic fluids. - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2002, vol.252, pp.293-295.
• A.Cebers. Dynamics of a chain of magnetic particles connected with elastic linkers. – Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2003, vol.15, pp.1335-1344.
• A.Cebers. Bistability and “negative” viscosity for a suspension of insulating particles in an electric field. - Physical Review Letters, 2004, vol.92, N3, 034501.
• A.Cebers, I.Javaitis. Dynamics of a flexible magnetic chain in a rotating magnetic field. - Physical Review E, 2004, vol.69, 021404.
• A.Cebers. Dynamics of elongated magnetic droplets and elastic rods in magnetic field. - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2005, vol.289, pp.335-338.
• Cepite D., Dadzis K., Erglis K., Cebers A. Thermal fluctuations of a Brownian particle in the force field of optical tweezers - Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 2006, 2(II), pp.102-110.

Research Projects and Agreements

• A.Cebers (Head of Project). Soft Magnetic Systems: Pattern Formation and Numerical Simulation. Soros Foundation (1994-1996)
• A.Cebers (Head of Project). Self-Organization Under the Action of Electromagnetic Forces. Latvian Council of Science (1991-1993)
• A.Cebers (Head of Project). Self-Organization of Shapes Under the Action of Electromagnetic Forces. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1996)
• A.Cebers (Head of Project). Self-Organization in Systems with Long Range Forces. Latvian Council of Science(1997 - 2000)
• A.Cebers (Head of Project). Nonlinear Phenomena in Magnetizable and Polarizable Fluids. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004).
• A.Cebers (Head of Project). Soft Magnetic Materials and Nanotechnologies. Latvian Council of Science (2005 -).
• A.Cebers (Main Coordinator of Latvian Part). Agreement for collaboration between University of P.M.Curie Paris VI (France) and Institute of Physics, University of Latvia (1996 -1999)
• A.Cebers ( Advisor of Latvian Part of Project ). Agreement for common guidance of PhD student between University P.M.Curie Paris VI(France) and Institute of Physics, University of Latvia (1994 -1996)
• A.Cebers (Advisor of Latvian Part of Project). Agreement for Common Guidance of PhD Students between University D.Didro Paris VII (France) and Institute of Physics, University of Latvia (1997-1999).

Avocations: Sports (basketball, tennis, skiing)

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