Juridical status:

non-profit state research institution,

juridical independent structure unit of University of Latvia.

Registered on 22.01.1993 at Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia,

register No. 000311197



Official name:

Institute of Physics, University of Latvia



Address and contact lines :

32 Miera iela, Salaspils-1, LV-2169

LATVIA

Phone: +(371)2944700

Fax: +(371)7901214

E-mail: mbroka@sal.lv



Top management

Director Agris Gailitis, Dr.phys.

Chairman of Council Janis Freibergs, Dr.phys.

Vice director Janis Freibergs, Dr.phys.

Chief engineer Janis Zandarts

Chief accountant Ilga Klavina



Staff

Total personnel 90, including research officers with habilitated doctor degree - 7, with doctor degree - 28.



Historical information

Founded in 1946 as Institute of Physics and Mathematics of Academy of Sciences.

Since 1950 - Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences

Since 1997 - Institute of Physics, University of Latvia

Untill 1990 the Institute has been a multi-disciplinary research institution. Reorganization take place in 1991-1993: laboratories of solid state physics, nuclear physics, theoretical physics and mathematics are incorporated within other research institutions. Since 1994 the Institute is a research center specializing in problems of magnetohydrodynamics and heat and mass transfer.



Principial goals and objectives :

* Fundamental and applied research in hydromechanics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), physics of magnetic phenomena, engineering physics.

* Wide application of research results in Latvian national economy as well as for international projects and contracts.

Main factors ensuring high implementation standard of projects:

- research facilities (unique magnetohydrodynamic and other equipment) are preserved and upgraded;

- the Institute has a large-scale multi-branch practice to implement national and international applied projects .

* Participation in University curricula to realize the principle of its unity with research work; providing training for top research scientists and Ph.D. students (post-graduate studies).



Publishing activities

The Institute publishes an international journal. The journal is published in two versions:

- " Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika " - published in Russian or English with abstracts in respective other language.

- "Magnetohydrodynamics" - English version of "Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika"

Editor in chief - Andrejs Cebers, Dr.habil.phys.

Editor - Vladimirs Zuks.



Structure of Institute

Research units:

1. Laboratory of Physical Hydromechanics, head Ernests Platacis, Dr. phys.

2. Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer, head Elmars Blums, Dr. habil. phys.

3. Laboratory of MHD Technology, head Leonids Gorbunovs, Dr. phys.

4. Laboratory of MHD Machine Theory, head. Andrejs Sisko, Dr. phys.

5. Laboratory of Electric Vortex Motion, head. Eduards Scerbinins, Dr. habil. phys.

6. Theoretical Group, head Agris Gailitis, Dr. phys.

Other structural units:

- administrative and economic units,

- Journal "Magnetohydrodynamics" group.