Professor Viktor Fedun

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor in Space Science

Theme Lead for Dynamical Systems and Systems Engineering

School Student Led Projects Coordinator

Viktor Fedun
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v.fedun@sheffield.ac.uk
Amy Johnson Building

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Professor Viktor Fedun
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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After completing PhD in Heliophysics and the Physics of the Solar System in 1998, Viktor became a research fellow, followed by a senior research fellow at the National Taras Shevchenko University (Physics Faculty, Space Physics Department) and the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Space Plasma Physics Department) in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2005, Viktor joined the ±¬ÁÏTV as a STFC Rolling Grant PDRA at the School of Mathematics and Statistics (SoMaS).

In 2012, Viktor became a lecturer in Control and Systems Engineering in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering. Since 2018, he has held the position of senior lecturer, and in 2022, he was appointed professor in Space Science in the Department, now School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the ±¬ÁÏTV.

Research interests
  • MHD wave theory with solar and astrophysical applications
  • Numerical modelling (HPC and GPU computing) of (non)liner wave processes in the solar atmosphere
  • Magnetic field configurations
  • Plasma instabilities
  • Energy transfer mechanisms in the Sun-Earth system
  • Identification and analysis of plasma flows (vortical motions) in the solar athmosphere
  • Identification of coherent structures and transport barriers in the magnetised solar plasma
  • Analysis of ionospheric perturbations: application to climate prediction and natural hazard risk assessment
Publications

Journal articles

  • Berretti M, Stangalini M, Jess DB, Jafarzadeh S, Grant SDT, Verth G, Fedun V, Chambers G & Berrilli F (2026) . The Astrophysical Journal, 997(2), 197-197.
  • Alshammari S, Ballai I, Verth G, Fedun V & Kozak L (2025) . Solar Physics, 300(11).
  • Silva SSA, González-Avilés JJ, Riley P, Ben-Nun M, Rempel EL, Batista LFG, Verth G, Ballai I, Lin C-H, Schiavo LACA & Fedun V (2025) . The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 994(1), L27-L27.
  • Alshehri NF, Ballai I, Verth G & Fedun V (2025) . Solar Physics, 300(11).
  • McMurdo M, Ballai I, Verth G & Fedun V (2025) . The Astrophysical Journal, 988(1).
  • Skirvin SJ, Fedun V, Verth G & Ballai I (2025) . The Astrophysical Journal, 988(1).
  • Berretti M, Stangalini M, Verth G, Fedun V, Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB & Berrilli F (2025) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 697.
  • Lennard MG, Silva SSA, Tremblay B, Ramos AA, Verth G, Ballai I, Iijima H, Hotta H, Rempel M, Park S-H & Fedun V (2025) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539(3), 2498-2512.
  • Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB, Stangalini M, Grant SDT, Higham JE, Pessah ME, Keys PH, Belov S, Calchetti D, Duckenfield TJ , Fedun V et al (2025) . Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 5(1).
  • Stangalini M, Verth G, Fedun V, Perrone D, Berretti M, Bushby P, Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB, Giannattasio F, Keys PH , Bruno R et al (2025) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 695.
  • Skirvin SJ, Fedun V, Goossens M, Silva SSA & Verth G (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 975(2).
  • Silva SSA, Verth G, Ballai I, Rempel EL, Shelyag S, Schiavo LACA, Gomes TFP & Fedun V (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 975(1).
  • Schiavo LACA, Gordovskyy M, Browning PK, de Souza e Almeida Silva S, Verth G, Ballai I, Shelyag S, Ruzheinikov SN, McLaughlin JA & Fedun V (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 975(1).
  • Kozak L, Ballai I, Fedun V, Kronberg EA, Bloecker A & Petrenko B (2024) . Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 265.
  • Ballai I, Asiri F, Fedun V, Verth G, Forgács-Dajka E & Albidah AB (2024) . Universe, 10(8).
  • Jafarzadeh S, Schiavo LACA, Fedun V, Solanki SK, Stangalini M, Calchetti D, Verth G, Jess DB, Grant SDT, Ballai I , Gafeira R et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688.
  • Berretti M, Stangalini M, Verth G, Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB, Berrilli F, Grant SDT, Duckenfield T & Fedun V (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 687.
  • Cho Y-H, Heung G, Bobrov Y, Middleton J, Brownlow J, Verth G & Fedun V (2024) . Experimental Astronomy, 57(3).
  • Asiri F, Ballai I, Fedun V, Verth G, Ruzheinikov SN & Albidah AB (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(1), 748-760.
  • Silva SSA, Verth G, Rempel EL, Ballai I, Jafarzadeh S & Fedun V (2024) . The Astrophysical Journal, 963(1).
  • Cheremnykh OK, Fedun V & Lashkin VM (2023) . Physics of Plasmas, 30(12).
  • McMurdo M, Ballai I, Verth G, Alharbi A & Fedun V (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal, 958(1).
  • Kozak L, Kronberg EA, Petrenko B, Blöcker A, Akhmetshyn R, Ballai I & Fedun V (2023) . Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10.
  • Cheremnykh O, Fedorenko A, Voitsekhovska A, Selivanov Y, Ballai I, Verth G & Fedun V (2023) . Advances in Space Research, 72(11), 4825-4835.
  • Albidah AB, Fedun V, Aldhafeeri AA, Ballai I, Jess DB, Brevis W, Higham J, Stangalini M, Silva SSA, MacBride CD & Verth G (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal, 954(1).
  • Yuan Y, de Souza e Almeida Silva S, Fedun V, Kitiashvili IN & Verth G (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 267(2).
  • Silva SSA, Lennard M, Verth G, Ballai I, Rempel EL, Warnecke J, Iijima H, Hotta H, Park S-H, Donea AC , Kusano K et al (2023) . The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 948(2).
  • Rempel EL, Chian AC-L, de S. A. Silva S, Fedun V, Verth G, Miranda RA & GoÅ¡ić M () . Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 7(1).
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Preprints

  • Nakariakov VM, Jess DB, Wright AN, Yeoman TK, Elsden T, McLaughlin JA, Kolotkov DY, Fedun V & Erdélyi R (2026) UK White Paper on Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) seismology of solar and heliospheric plasmas, arXiv.
  • McClure L, Silva S, Verth G, Ballai I & Fedun V (2026) Collective Vortex Dynamics: From Isolated Vortices to their Communities, arXiv.
  • Silva SSA, Fedun V, Verth G, Ballai I, Scullion E, Druett M, Tziotziou K, Pietrow A, Yadav N, Dakanalis I , Khomenko E et al (2026) Observing solar vortices with existing and future instrumentation. Solar Physics International Network for Swirls (SPINS) white paper (Helio), arXiv.
  • Berretti M, Stangalini M, Jess DB, Jafarzadeh S, Grant SDT, Verth G, Fedun V, Chambers G & Berrilli F (2026) Can instrumental effects obscure the true photospheric wave spectrum?, arXiv.
  • McClure L, Silva S, Verth G, Ballai I & Fedun V (2025) Solar Vortex Detection With Velocity Field Normalisation: Eliminating False Positives, arXiv.
  • Alshehri NF, Ballai I, Fedun V & Verth G (2025) Alfven Waves in Partially Ionised Solar Steady-State Plasmas, arXiv.
  • Silva SSA, Rempel E, Verth G, Ballai I & Fedun V (2025) , arXiv.
  • Silva SSA, Gonzalez-Aviles JJ, Riley P, Ben-Nun M, Rempel EL, Batista LFG, Verth G, Ballai I, Lin C-H, Schiavo LACA & Fedun V (2025) , arXiv.
  • Silva SSA, Dakanalis I, Schiavo LACA, Tziotziou K, Ballai I, Jafarzadeh S, Pereira TMD, Tsiropoula G, Verth G, Esnaola IA , McLaughlin JA et al (2025) , arXiv.
  • McMurdo M, Ballai I, Verth G & Fedun V (2025) , arXiv.
  • Skirvin S, Fedun V, Verth G & Ballai I (2025) , arXiv.
  • Berretti M, Stangalini M, Verth G, Fedun V, Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB & Berrilli F (2025) , arXiv.
  • Stangalini M, Verth G, Fedun V, Perrone D, Berretti M, Bushby P, Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB, Giannattasio F, Keys PH , Bruno R et al (2025) , arXiv.
  • Skirvin S, Fedun V, Goossens M, Silva S & Verth G (2024) , arXiv.
  • Schiavo LACA, Gordovskyy M, Browning PK, Silva SSA, Verth G, Ballai I, Shelyag S, Ruzheinikov SN, McLaughlin JA & Fedun V (2024) , arXiv.
  • Berretti M, Stangalini M, Verth G, Jafarzadeh S, Jess DB, Berrilli F, Grant SDT, Duckenfield T & Fedun V (2024) , arXiv.
  • Jafarzadeh S, Schiavo LAC, Fedun V, Solanki SK, Stangalini M, Calchetti D, Verth G, Jess DB, Grant SDT, Ballai I , Gafeira R et al (2024) , arXiv.
  • Cheremnykh OK, Fedun V & Lashkin VM (2024) , arXiv.
  • McMurdo M, Ballai I, Verth G, Alharbi A & Fedun V (2023) , arXiv.
  • O. C, A. F, A. V, Yu. S, I. B, G. V & V F (2023) , arXiv.
  • Albidah AB, Fedun V, Aldhafeeri AA, Ballai I, Jess DB, Brevis W, Higham J, Stangalini M, Silva SSA, MacBride CD & Verth G (2023) , arXiv.
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Grants

Current Grants

  • Solar-Vortex networks and their ensemble contribution to atmospheric energy flux, STFC, 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2027, £517,188, as PI
  • Small pores on the solar face under a magnifying glass, Royal Society, 03/2024 - 03/2026, £12,000, as co-I
  • Consolidated grant application to support solar and space science at the ±¬ÁÏTV - Science and Technology Facilities Council (PI)
  • Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research - ISEE (PI)
  • UKUS VI support - SCOSTEP/PRESTO (PI)

Past Grants

  • Forecasting the evolution of solar Active Regions based on photospheric flow topology, Royal Society, £11,990, 03/2022 - 02/2024, as Co-I.
  • Dynamic Sun III support - SolarNet (PI)
  • Dynamic Sun III support - SCOSTEP/PRESTO (PI)
  • SOLARNET - European Commission HORIZON 2020 (Co-I)
  • A new approach to identifying and classifying evolving coherent flow structures in the turbulent plasma of the sun's photosphere - Royal Society (PI)
  • The Sheffield University Nova Balloon Lifted Telescope – Project 'SunbYte' - UK Space Agency (PI)
  • Dynamic Sun II: solar magnetism from interior to the corona - AOARD (PI)
  • Automated detection of solar vortices with proper orthogonal decomposition (UK-Chile) - Royal Society (Co-I)
  • The Sheffield University Nova Balloon Lifted Telescope – Project 'SunbYte' - SURE Network (PI)
  • The Sheffield University Nova Balloon Lifted Telescope – Project 'SunbYte' - Alumni Fund (PI)
  • Radiation Belt Modelling, PI Professor M. Balikhin - NERC
  • Numerical modelling of wave based coronal heating using resistive MHD and thermal conductivity, Newton Mobility Grants, UK-Mexico - Royal Society (Co-I)
  • Mobility Grants Program, UK-Mexico - Newton-Fund AMC-Contact (PI)
  • Solar Terrestrial and Experimental Plasma Physics Synergy: STEPPS - LORENTZ CENTER (PI)
  • Financial support for "Dynamic Sun: I. MHD Waves and Confined Transients in the Magnetised Atmosphere" - ESA (Co-I)
  • THOR EDS - Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • Financial support for "Dynamic Sun: I. MHD Waves and Confined Transients in the Magnetised Atmosphere" - AOARD (Co-I)
  • Financial support for "Third UK-Ukraine-Spain Conference on Solar Physics and Space Science" - EOARD (PI)
  • 12 March 2015 -  Hardware for initiation of observations of the cracking-induced pre-seismic geophysical fields in the UK - Royal Society - £6,120 (PI, App No. 142461)
  • 23 December 2014 - ATST UK Consortium-PPRP bid, DKIST STFC PPRP Work Package 2 - Science and Technology Facilities Council - Â£18,31 (App No. 139338)
  • 23 December 2014 - Prediction of geo-space radiation environment and solar wind parameters (PROGRESS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION) - HORIZON 2020 - Â£80,884 (Co-I, App No. 140281)
  • 15 December 2014 - Application to STFC for Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC), Science and Technology Facilities Council - Â£73,076 (Co-I, App No. 139622)
  • 10 December 2013 - India-UK Scientific Seminar Scheme - R2, Royal Society - Â£5,000 (PI, App No. 137804)
  • 16 October 2013 - Cooperation between Sheffield and Russia - Royal Society - £11,760 (PI, App No. 136764)
  • Financial support for Second UK-Ukraine Conference on Solar Physics and Space Science - EOARD (PI)
  • Cluster Ops Extension phase 2 - Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • Topical Advanced Summer School joint with UK-Ukraine Workshop on MHD Waves, Oscillations and Instabilities in Solar and Space Environment - Science and Technology Facilities Council (CO-I)
  • International Travel Grant: 'Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas' - Royal Society (PI)
  • Search for ElectroMagnetic Earthquake Precursors (SEMEP) - FP7 EU (Co-I)
  • Conference Grant: SOHO 19/GONG 2007 'Seismology of Magnetic Activity' - Royal Society (PI)
  • Effects of the magnetic geometry and plasma kinetics on the heating by resonant MHD waves of solar coronal magnetic loops - INTAS (Co-I)
Teaching activities
  • ACS131 Systems Engineering Mathematics

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