CURRICULUM VITAE

 

1. Name:

                                   

Sidorovskaia, Natalia Anatol'evna

 

2. Office address:

 

Physics Department, UL Lafayette,

UL BOX 44210, Lafayette, LA 70504-4210

 

Phone:     337 482 6274

FAX:      337 482 6699

E-mail:   nsidorovskaia@louisiana.edu

       

3. Education:                                     

 

  • 1994 - 1997 -- Physics department, University of New Orleans, USA
  • 1985 - 1990 -- Radiophysical department, Gorky State University, Russia

 

4. Academic qualifications:   

 

  • 1997 -- Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of New Orleans, USA.
  • 1996 – M.S. in Applied Physics from the University of New Orleans, USA
  • 1990 – M.S. in Radiophysics from Gorky State University, Russia

 

5. Employment record:

 

  • 2000-… - Assistant Professor, Physics Department, UL Lafayette, USA

·        1998-2000 – Onsite Consultant, Landmark Graphics Corporation, A Halliburton Company

  • 1997-1998 – Professional Contractor, Physics Dept., University of New Orleans, USA
  • 1996 -- Visiting Research Associate, Division of Applied Marine Physics, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, USA
  • 1995-1996 -- Research Associate, Physics Dept., University of New Orleans, USA
  • 1994 -- Research Assistant, Physics Dept., University of New Orleans, USA

·        1992-1994 -- Junior Researcher, Hydrophysics Division, Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

  • 1990-1992 -- Probationer-Researcher, Hydrophysics Division, Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

 

6. Research experience:

 

  • Depth imaging techniques in seismic signal processing;
  • Seismic data management;
  • Methods of the presentation and processing of deterministic and random signals in underwater acoustical problems, including the adaptive processing of the highly noisy experimental data;
  • Methods of the solutions of the hydrophysical inverse problems (noise source imaging, ocean acoustic tomography);
  • Numerical modeling of the sound propagation through the oceanic waveguides;
  • Theoretical methods in scattering from objects in the oceanic waveguides;
  • Interaction between planet magnetosphere and plasma belts with respect to the study of the global resonance in the Jupiter radiation belts (two-year graduate work specialization in Gorky State University, Russia);
  • Description of the stochastic processes in the Earth ionosphere, theory of the information dimension.

 

 

 

7. Publications:

 

50 scientific publications (see enclosed list of publications)

 

8. Computer skills:

 

  • Systems: Macintosh; PC - DOS, Windows NT, Windows-95, Norton; SGI, SUN - UNIX
  • Programming Languages: FORTRAN, C, C++ and Basic
  • Word processing: Microsoft Word, Latex, Word Perfect, Power Point
  • March 2000 – Instructor Certification in DepthTeam Express (Landmark Graphics Corporation Depth Imaging Software)
  • September 1999 - Customer Support Certification in DepthTeam Explorer (Landmark Graphics Corporation Depth Imaging Software)
  • November 1998 – Customer Support Certification in DepthTeam Interpreter (Landmark Graphics Corporation Depth Imaging Software)

 

 

 

 

9. Memberships in professional and Honor societies:

 

·        Member of the Acoustical Society of America (Member of the Technical Committee on Underwater Acoustics);

  • Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists;
  • Member of the Southeastern Geophysical Society;
  • Member of Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society

 

 

 

 

 

10. Major honors, scholarships, fellowships and awards:

 

  • April 1997 -- Bill Good Award from Physics faculty of the University of New Orleans in recognition of outstanding research in Physics
  • April 1996 -- Bill Good Award from Physics faculty of the University of New Orleans in recognition of outstanding research in Physics
  • April 1996 -- Distinguished Graduate Research Award at the Doctoral Level from the University of New Orleans
  • 1997 – “Who’sWho in the World”, 14th Edition
  • 1994 -- Grant of the International Soros Foundation
  • 1985 - 1990 -- State University Fellowship
  • 1985 -- Gold Medal on the graduation from high school (Valedictorian)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

(Sidorovskaia, Natalia A.)

 

Articles in refereed journals and chapters in books:

 

  1. Natalia Sidorovskaia, “Systematic studies of pulse propagation in ducted oceanic waveguides in normal mode representation,” EPJ AP, http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/epjap/abs/first/contents/contents.html
  2. M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Modern developments in the theory and application of classical scattering,” in book: “ACOUSTIC INTERACTIONS WITH SUBMERGED ELASTIC STRUCTURES. Part III: Acoustic Propagation and Scattering, Wavelets and Time Frequency Analysis,” edited by Ardéshir Guran, Adrianus De Hoop, Dieter Guicking, and  Francesco Mainardi, World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey,  August 2001, pp.256-358.
  3. Alexander I. Khil’ko, Jerald W. Caruthers, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Ocean Acoustic Tomography. A review with Emphasis on the Russian Approach,”  Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 1998
  4. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Time-domain study of acoustic pulse propagation in an ocean waveguide using a new normal mode model,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of New Orleans, May 1997.
  5. N.A. Sidorovskaya and  A.I. Khil’ko, “Partially coherent acoustic images in layered refractive waveguides,”  Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika (Russia) 38(1-2), 127-133 (1995). [English transl.: Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics (USA) 38(1-2), 85-88 (1995)].
  6. Yu.K. Postoenko, N.A. Sidorovskaya, et al.,  “The reconstruction of structure of moving acoustical sources with complex spectrum,” In book: "Formation of acoustical waves in oceanic waveguides. Inhomogeneity reconstruction", ed. Zverev V.A., Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 35 pp., 1993 (in Russian, translated in English).
  7. M.A. Antonets and N.A. Sidorovskaya, “Estimation of Random-Signal-Source characteristics by field measurement,” Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika (Russia) 36 (8), 836-839 (1993). Radiophysics Quantum Electron. (USA) 36 (8), 573-575 (1993).
  8. P.A. Bespalov and N.A. Sidorovskaya, “Dimension of ELF-chorus,” "Geomagnetism and Aeronomy", vol. 32, No 1, pp. 152-155, Moscow, "Nauka", 1992 (in Russian and translated in English).

 

 

Conference Proceedings:

 

  1. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “ A new normal mode program SWAMP as a tool for modeling scattering effects in oceanic waveguides,” in “Modelling and Experimental Measurements in Acoustics III,” edited by D. Almoza, C.A. Brebbia, R.Hernandez, WIT Press 2003, pp. 267-275.
  2. Sergey Vinogradov, Jerald Caruthers, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Eastern U.S. weather, Gulf of Mexico oceanography, and acoustic pulse propagation studies across the DeSoto Canyon,” in Proceedings of the Fourth Expanding Opportunities Conference in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, March 2003, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL. (submitted for publication)
  3. Joal Newcomb, Robert Fisher, Robert Field, George Ioup, Juliette Ioup, James Larue, …, Natalia Sidorovskaia etc., “Using Acoustic Buoys to Assess Ambient Noise and Sperm Whale Vocalizations,” Proceedings of MMS-ITM Workshop, January  2003
  4. A. Sidorovskaia, Ilya Udovydchenkov, Jerald W. Caruthers, Vladimir Kamenkovich, and George Ioup, “Acoustic Pulse Propagation Studies in the Gulf of  Mexico,” in Proceedings of OCEANS2002 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exbition, October 29-31, 2002, Biloxi, MS, pp. 1434-1437.
  5. J. Newcomb, Robert Fisher, Altan Turgut, Robert Field, George Ioup, Juliette Ioup, Grayson Rayborn, Stan Kuczaj, Jerald Caruthers, Ralph Goodman, and Natalia Sidorovskaia,  “Modeling and Measuring the Acoustic Environment of the Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedings of  21-st Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January  2002, pp.509-521
  6. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “A New Numerical Technique for the Unification of Propagation and Scattering Problems in Underwater Acoustics,” Proceedings of IMECE2001: 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, NCA-Vol. 28, pp. 281-287, November 11-16, 2001, New York, NY
  7. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “A Unified Numerical Approach to Modeling Propagation and Scattering Phenomena in Ocean Waveguides,” Proceedings of 17th International Congress on Acoustics,  Rome, Sept 2-7, 2001 (submitted for publication)
  8. N.A. Sidorovskaia and J.M. Schneider, “Risk-reducing technique in seismic interpretation,”  Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Underwater  Acoustics, ECUA 2000, Lyon, France, 10-13 July, 2000, Ed.: Manell E. Zakharia, vol. 1, pp. 257-262.
  9. J.M. Schneider and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Illumination Studies for Imaging Subsalt Anomalies,” Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 3-6 May, 2000 (paper#: OTC 11983).
  10. 10. N. A. Sidorovskaia, E. S. Lockard, and Rod Stafford, “Some Aspects of Time-to-Depth Conversion for Depth Imaging,”  Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 3-6 May, 1999, vol. 1, pp. 815-822.
  11. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia and Emmitt S. Lockard, “Velocity Dispersion as a Tool for Reservoir Imaging,” Proceedings of the Sixth Latin American and Caribbean petroleum Engineering Conference, Caracas, Venezuela, 21-23 April, 1999.
  12. N. A. Sidorovskaia  and M. F. Werby, “Broadband Pulse Signals and the Characterization of Shallow Water Oceanic Properties,” Proceedings of  SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Orlando, FL, 19-21 April, 1995, 2485, pp. 97-108.
  13. I. Sh. Fiks, N.A. Sidorovskaia, and V.I. Turchin, “Measurements of complex moving broad band acoustic radiators using near-field technique,” Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 4-8, 1994, vol. 2, pp.745-750
  14. Sh. Fiks, N.A. Sidorovskaia, and V.I. Turchin, “Diagnostics of noise acoustic sources,” Journal de Physique IV, Vol. 4, Colloque C5, Supplement au Journal de Physique III, 5, pp. C5-1109-C5-1111, France, May 1994.
  15. Sh. Fiks, N.A. Sidorovskaia, and V.I. Turchin, “Reconstruction of spatial-time structure of complex acoustical sources from near-field measurements,” Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Air- and Structure-Borne Sound and Vibration, Montreal, Canada, June 13-15, 1994,  ed. by M.J. Crocker, pp. 1701-1708.
  16. N.A. Sidorovskaia, I.Sh.  Fiks,  and V.I. Turchin, “Remote sensing of moving sources with complex spatial-time structure,” Proceedings of SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Orlando, FL, 6-7 April, 1994, 2234, pp. 169-177.
  17. N.A. Sidorovskaya, V.I. Turchin, “Time-Spatial Processing of Near-Field Measurements,” Proceedings of Quatorzieme Colloque  GRETSI, Juan-Les-Pins, France, pp. 301-304, 1993 (in English).
  18. N.A. Sidorovskaya, V.I. Turchin, and I. Sh. Fiks, “Monitoring of moving noise acoustical sources,” Proceedings of II Session of Russian Acoustical Society, Moscow, 1993 (in English).
  19.  M.A. Antonets and N.A. Sidorovskaya, “Estimation of random signal source characteristics by field measurement,” Proceedings of the International Scientific School-Seminar, University of Nizhny Novgorod, pp. 189-190, 1992 (in English).

 

Published abstracts of the papers presented at the conferences:

 

1.      Sergey Vinogradov, Jerald W. Caruthers, …, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia etc., “Physical oceanography and acoustic propagation during LADC experiment in the Gulf of  Mexico in 2001,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113 (4), p. 2332,  April-May 2003. ( The 145st Acoustical Society of America meeting, 28 April-2 May 2003, Nashville, TN)

2.      J. Newcomb, Robert Fisher, Robert Field, Altan Turgut, George Ioup, Juliette Ioup, Grayson Rayborn, Stan Kuczaj, Jerald Caruthers, Ralph Goodman, and Natalia Sidorovskaia, “Near-bottom hydrophone measurements of ambient noise and sperm whale vocalizations in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, p. 2371,  May 2002. ( The 143st Acoustical Society of America meeting, June 2002, Pittsburgh, PA)

3.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, Robert L. Field, Cherul L. Sephus, George E. Ioup, and Juliette W. Ioup, “A comparison of  normal mode and parabolic equation range-dependent propagation models as tools for acoustic communication in shallow water,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109(5), Pt. 2,  p. 2450,  May 2001. (The 141st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

4.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia and Emmitt S. Lockard, “Seismic Depth Imaging and Remote Sensing of Rock Properties,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105(2), Pt. 2,  p.1208,  February 1999. (The 137th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2nd Convention of the European Acoustics Association: Forum Acusticum 99 integrating the 25th German Acoustics DAGA Conference, Berlin, Germany, March 1999)

5.      M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Rapid Method to Obtain Normal Mode Eigenvalues in a Layered Ocean,” 1998 SIAM Annual Meeting, July 1998, Toronto, Canada

6.      M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Huygens Principle and a Range-Dependent Adaptive Coupled Normal Mode Method,”  1998 SIAM Annual Meeting, July 1998, Toronto, Canada

7.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia and Michael F. Werby, “Interductile energy transfer of high frequency pulse propagation in a two-ducted ocean waveguide in the Yellow Sea,”  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3203,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

8.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia and Michael F. Werby, “Analysis of pulse propagation in range-independent and range-dependent sound channels with double duct,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3202,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

9.      N.A. Sidorovskaia and M.F. Werby, “Rate of energy transport and arrival times in pulse propagation in a waveguide,”  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3202,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

10.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “An adaptive coupled range-dependent normal-mode method,”  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3181,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

11.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “The generalized eigenvalue problem, warping matrices, and the transformation of an isovelocity environment to a variable velocity environment,”  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3181,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

12.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Scattering from objects near the ocean bottom at very frequency and geometrical diffraction theory,”  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3065,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

13.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Scattering from elastic axi-symmetric objects in  a range-dependent waveguide near surfaces,”  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5), Pt. 2,  p. 3040,  May 1997. (The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America)

14.  Michael F. Werby and Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “ The theory and calculation of predicting the scattered signals from elastic spheroidal shells near reflecting and absorbing interfaces,”  the 2nd International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, Book of Abstracts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-25 August 1995.

15.  Michael F. Werby and Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “The prediction of strong bending modes for signals scattered at oblique incidence from elastic spheroidal solids and shells,” the 2nd International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, Book of Abstracts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-25 August 1995.

16.  Natalia A. Sidorovskaia and Michael F. Werby, “Ocean layering models and mode trapping in sublayers for high frequency propagation,” the 2nd International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, Book of Abstracts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-25 August 1995.

17.  Natalia A. Sidorovskaia and Michael F. Werby, “Vertical acoustic profiles and the extraction of ocean properties from broad band pulses in strongly refractive shallow water wave guides,” the 2nd International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, Book of Abstracts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-25 August 1995.

18.  Michael F. Werby and Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “The existence of waterborne interface waves on curved surface and the explanation of large resonance patterns,” the 2nd International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, Book of Abstracts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-25 August 1995.

19.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “The acoustical background for elastic shells of non spherical objects,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97 (5), Pt. 2, p. 3399,  May 1995.

20.  Nataly A. Sidorovskaia and Michael F. Werby, “Analysis of spatial-time characteristics of broad-band pulse propagating through ocean sound channels by using shallow water acoustical mode propagation model,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97 (5), Pt. 2, p. 3317,  May 1995.

21.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “Animations of pulse signals scattering from submerged resonating structures,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97 (5), Pt. 2, p. 3283-3284,  May 1995.

22.  M.F. Werby and N.A. Sidorovskaia, “A theory for predicting the scattered signals from elastic spheroidal shells near smooth absorbing interfaces,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97 (5), Pt. 2,  p. 3283, 1995.

23.  N. A. Sidorovskaia, Cleon Dean, and M. F. Werby, “The study of pulse signals from elastic spheroidal shells near reflecting interfaces,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 46 (5), Pt. 2, p.3336-3337, (the 128th Meeting of the ASA, Austin, Texas,  November 1994).

24.  M. F. Werby and N. A. Sidorovskaia , “Do pseudo-Scholte resonances exist?,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 46 (5), Pt. 2, p.3336, (the 128th Meeting of the ASA, Austin, Texas, November 1994).

25.  M. F.  Werby  and N. A. Sidorovskaia, “Evidence for the existence of strong bending modes for signals scattered at oblique incidence from spheroidal shells,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 46(5), Pt.  2, p.3336, (the 128th Meeting of the ASA, Austin, Texas,  November 1994).

26.  N. A. Sidorovskaia, A. I. Khil’ko, and M. F. Werby,  “Time-domain propagation of signals in a strongly refractive shallow water wave guide and the extraction of ocean properties,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 46 (5), Pt.  2, p.3354, (the 128th Meeting of the ASA, Austin, Texas,  November 1994).

27.  N. Sidorovskaia and V. Turchin, “Diagnostics of noise broad band acoustical sources from near-field measurements,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95( 5), Pt. 2, (127th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America), p. 2894, May 1994.

28.  N.A. Sidorovskaya, V.I. Turchin,  and I.Sh. Fiks, “The estimation of spectral correlation characteristics of moving noise radiators from radiated field,” III Scientific-Technical Conference on "Methods of presentation and processing of random signals and waves", Khar'kov, 1993 (in Russian).

29.  N.A. Sidorovskaya and V.I. Turchin, “Algorithms of source characteristic reconstruction from near-field measurements,” XXIVth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Abstracts, Kyoto, Japan, 1993.

30.  P.A. Bespalov, N.A. Sidorovskaya, “Fractal dimension estimation of magnetospheric ELF chorus,”  “Annales Geophysicae,” Suppl.2, vol. 10, p. 344, 1992.

31.  M.A. Antonets, S.A. Vugalter, and N.A. Sidorovskaya,  “Statistic estimation of noise radiator characteristics by near-field measurements,” Proceedings of the Scientific-Technical Conference,  p.114, Kharkov, 1991 (in Russian).

 

Invited talks and seminars not included as publications:

 

1.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Individualization of Sperm Whales Vocalizations”, Invited seminar at Department of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, April 25, 2003

2.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Ocean acoustic noise and charismatic megafauna,” Seminar at Physics Department, UL Lafayette, April 2, 2003

  1. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “New normal mode simulation code SWAMP and its practical applications,“ Invited seminar at National Center for Physical Acoustics, Oxford, Mississippi, January 23, 2003.

4.      Jerald W. Caruthers, Grayson Rayborn, Ralph Goodman, George Ioup, Natalia Sidorovskaia, Robert Field, Joal Newcomb, and Robert Fisher, “Prospects of Ocean Acoustic Tomography of the Gulf of Mexico,” presented at Naval Research Laboratory Symposium on Operational Oceanography and Remote Sensing, sponsored by the Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing, London, March 5-7, 2002 (invited talk, no publication)

  1. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “How do we try to solve the inverse problem in oil exploration?’, Invited talk at Sigma Xi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Chapter, February 15, 2001
  2. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Risk-reducing Techniques in Oil Exploration,”, Seminar at the Physics Department, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, January 31, 2001

7.      Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, “Modern Approaches in Seismic Depth Imaging,” Seminar at the University of New Orleans, Physics Department, March 10, 1999

  1. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia  and Michael F. Werby, “Ocean layering models and mode trapping in sublayers for high frequency propagation,” Seminar at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, July 26, 1995.
  2. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia , “Acoustical pulse propagation through ocean channels,” Seminar at the University of New Orleans, Physics Department, February 22, 1995.
  3. Natalia A. Sidorovskaia   and Michael F. Werby, “The propagation of sound in shallow water ducted wave guides to high frequency for both the CW and pulse cases: Discussions of results,”  Talk  at the University of Miami, RSMAS, January 12, 1995.