Guide to the Leonid M. Ozernoy papers, 1960-2002 C0083 Leonid M. Ozernoy

Guide to the Leonid M. Ozernoy papers, 1960-2002 C0083

Leonid M. Ozernoy


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Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0083
Title
Leonid M. Ozernoy papers 1960-2002
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/ozernoy.html
Quantity
16.5 Linear Feet, (32 boxes)
Creator
Ozernoĭ, L. M. (Leonid Moiseevich)
Language
English .
Abstract
Collection contains original research materials and published papers of Leonid M. Ozernoy.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Leonid M. Ozernoy papers, Collection #C0083, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Maryanne Ozernoy in 2004.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives Staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.


Biographical Information

Born in 1939, Leonid M. Ozernoy taught in the School of Computational Sciences and Informatics at GMU from 1993 to 2002. Born in Moscow, Ozernoy was one of the former Soviet Union's refusniks and came to the United States in 1986. He worked at Boston University and Harvard University before coming to the Washington, D.C., area in the early 1990s to join NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland as a consultant. At George Mason, he taught courses in computational sciences and physics, such as Colloquium on Computational Sciences and Informatics, Astrophysics, and Modern Astronomy. Ozernoy's research involved the dynamics and structure of interplanetary dust, the physics of nonthermal processes in active galaxies and quasars, the dynamics of compact stellar systems, astrophysics of black holes, the formation of galaxies and large-scale structures in the universe, and observational cosmology. Ozernoy's honors included election as Fellow of the American Physical Society and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in London. He also received the National Research Council-NASA Research Associateship Award in 1991. He died in 2002.

Scope and Content

Collection contains original research materials and published papers of Leonid M. Ozernoy. Also there are 20 35mm color slides on the solar system.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds personal paper collections from many other George Mason University professors.

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