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Denis Denisenko | |
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Денис Денисенко | |
 Denisenko in 2012 | |
| Born | (1971-01-16)January 16, 1971 (age 55) Moscow,USSR |
| Citizenship | Russian Federation |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Known for | Discovery of supernovae, cataclysmic variables, gamma-ray bursts studies, asteroidal occultations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy,Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Sternberg Astronomical Institute |
| Patrons | Vladimir Lipunov |
Denis Denisenko (born January 16, 1971) is a Russianastronomer of the late 20th – early 21st century, discoverer of 10 supernovae, more than 150 variable stars, an asteroid, and a comet.
Born in 1971 in Moscow, Denisenko graduated fromMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT or Phystech) in 1993 with a Master of Science inAstrophysics and a Diploma: Spectral Properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by PHEBUS Instrument of theGranat observatory. In 1991, he joined the High Energy Astrophysics Department of theRussian Space Research Institute (IKI) where he worked until April 2012. He was a visiting observer at theTUBITAK National Observatory (TUG) between 2002 and 2007. Since May 2012 he works at the Space Monitoring Laboratory ofSternberg Astronomical Institute ofMoscow State University (SAI MSU). He is the author of more than 30 scientific articles, 250 astronomical telegrams and the presenter of talks at several international conferences.
He has been an amateur astronomer since 1977, a member of the Moscow Astronomy Club since 2002 and the head of a working group on asteroidal occultations. He participated in Astrofests 2001–2006 and was a speaker at Astrofest 2005, 2006 and 2013. He is an active enthusiast of professional-amateur collaboration in astronomy and long-time contributor to IOTAoccultations, Planoccult, meteorobs, comets-ml, MPML, SeeSat, AAVSO-HEN, AAVSO-DIS, vsnet-alert, vsnet-outburst, cvnet-discussion mailing lists. He is the owner and moderator of five Russian astronomy mailing lists (komety, pokrytie, rusmeteors, moscow-astro, varstars) and author of a few popular articles inZemlya i Vselennaya (Earth and Universe) magazine. He was mentioned inSky and Telescope twice and gave interviews on Russian News Service,Radio Liberty,Gazeta.ru newspaper, and theBBC Russian Service in 2007.