Tatiana Podladchikova, Director of the Center for Digital Engineering, along with Skoltech PhD alumna (Engineering Systems Program) Galina Chikunova, presented a series of collaborative studies in Solar Physics and Space Weather at the European Space Weather Week in Coimbra, Portugal. The presentation also featured research contributions from PhD student Shantanu Jain, shared by Tatiana on his behalf. 

Tatiana Podladchikova, Director of the Center for Digital Engineering at Skoltech and head of the Space Weather Laboratory.

 "The team introduced the innovative DIRECD method to predict coronal mass ejections—giant magnetic plasma bubbles—right at their birth on the Sun, well before they approach Earth and trigger disruptive geomagnetic storms. This approach proved invaluable in May 2024, when an early CME propagation caused an extreme geomagnetic storm.They also unveiled advanced 3D reconstructions of CME paths using the novel ATLAS-3D method, which achieves 3D views from a single line-of-sight, and revealed a recovery mechanism for the solar corona post-eruption.  Additionally,  they presented new insights into how coronal holes on the Sun produce high-speed solar wind streams and how the L5 Lagrange point, a valuable vantage position for the future Vigil mission, could enhance solar wind forecasting at Earth".