# Alexey Vikhlinin Lecturer / SAO Astrophysicist ![vikhlinin_a.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum8321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/itc/files/vikhlinin_a.jpg?itok=olVuWD82) location\_on Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 160 Concord Avenue, MS-2 Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [(617) 495-7044]() email [avikhlinin@cfa.harvard.edu ]() laptop\_windows [Professional website](http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~alexey/about.html) Research interests: X-ray studies of galaxy clusters and their applications for cosmology and physics of the intergalactic medium. The main past projects in this area include: development of the efficient detection pipeline for extended X-ray sources -- the backbone of the 160 and 400 square degrees surveys; using *Chandra* to study cold fronts in merging clusters; reconstruction of the mass distribution in low-redshift clusters from deep *Chandra* observations and study of cluster evolution at high redshifts; and using X-ray observations to constrain Dark Energy parameters using evolution of the cluster mass function. - ## People Role [Associate Senior ITC Members](/people-role/associate-senior-itc-members) - ## Research Area [Cosmology](/research-area/cosmology)