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On 19 December 2007, the grant application was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, funding for 2008-2010.
On 29 August 2008, I received a letter from Marquis Who's Who that my bio would be included in the 2009 volume of "Who's Who in the World". One year later, it was included in the Edition of 2010. On July 29, 2010, it was included in the Edition of 2011. On July 30, 2012, it was included in the 30th Pearl Anniversary Edition of Who's Who in the World. On July 12, 2013, it was included in the 31th Edition. On August 25, 2014, it was included in the 32nd Edition. On July 15, 2015, it was included in the 33rd Edition. On May 21, 2020, it was included in the 38th Edition.
On 16 October 2009, I received an AXA fellowship, which was granted only to 17 researchers in Europe, funding for 2010-2011.
On 26 August 2010, my bio was included in the 11th Edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2011-2012). On 3 June 2015, it was included in the 12th Edition (2016-2017).
On 10 June 2012, I finished 120-hour advanced course in English Language Teaching (TEFL), with merit. Certificate can be seen here.
In June 2012, I finished a 2-year course towards Level 5 BTEC Certificate in Management and Leadership. Certificate can be seen here.
On 29 May 2013, I received a governmental grant for a research project on tipping points in real-world systems, funding for 2013-2016.
On 15 October 2013, I won a place in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme for MPs, civil servants and scientist to spend a week in the Parliament in December 2013.
On 1st November 2013, my job position at the National Physical Laboratory became permanent.
On 21st February 2014, I obtained Chartered Designation at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (CMath MIMA). The certificate can be seen here.
On 12th August 2014, I received "Above and Beyond" Bronze award for assessment of Nesta Demand Response competition. The certificate can be seen here.
On 15 September 2015, I received "Above and Beyond" Bronze award for analysing sensor data for one of the industrial customers.
On 20 September 2015, NPL Communications published a press-release about the Carbon Savings project, with reports and papers listed.
On 3 December 2015, I received "Above and Beyond" team Bronze award for collaboration with strategic partner Strathclyde university. The certificate can be seen here.
On 16 February 2016, PhD student Eng Tseng Lau passed his viva with minor corrections, "Carbon Savings in Smart Infrastructure".
On 7 November 2016, PhD student Vicky Papaioannou received 2nd prize in the NPL Postgraduate Institute Showcase & Annual Conference.
On 22 May 2019, PhD student Vicky Papaioannou passed her viva with minor corrections, "Uncertainty in GB electricity grid carbon intensity and its consequent implications for infrastructure planning".
On 10 July 2019, I was told that US scientists independently confirmed my result of 2018 that El Nino temperature oscillations in the Pacific are teleconnected with deep water acoustic oscillations in the Indian ocean.
In February 2020, SpringerNature started marketing my book "The future of atmospheric oxygen".
In April 2020, PhD student Joaquin Mesa released a Python package on GitHub with implementation of the potential forecasting technique (Livina et al, Physica A 2013).
On 12th August 2020, I was promoted as a Principal Scientist at NPL.
On 24th September 2020, Institute of Physics awarded me the status of Trusted Reviewer. NPL published a news item about this.
On 23th October 2020, I received NPL Award "Give it our all" as a member of the team for RCGP Covid19 reporting.
In December 2020, PhD students Joaquin Mesa and Joshua Prettyman were awarded their degrees.
On 15th October 2021, I was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. The certificate is available here.
On 20th October 2021, I received the news that I would be joining the 2-year Apprenticeship in Systems Thinking in 2022-2023.
On 10th January 2022, the MSc training in Systems Thinking started online.
On 18th December 2023, I passed the university English exams
On 8th January 2024, I was awarded a lifetime award of the American Physical Society - APS Outstanding Referee
On 12 February 2023, I finished the academic training at the University of Exeter (Russell Group, UK) towards MSc in Systems Thinking, with merit.
Personal
On May 25, 2006, received a letter from the Buckingham Palace thanking me for the poem which I wrote to Her Majesty's 80th birthday. I knew she had received about 50,000 greetings over post and email, so I didn't expect any response to my humble writing. What an honour for me.
The PhD thesis was approved on December 18, 2005. At the official ceremony on June 26, 2006, the PhD in physics was awarded.
On November 20, 2006, own publishing name was registered, 'Livinalia Publishing'. The Livinalia books are available at Google Books
On September 22, 2007, a PDF e-book "Bilingua" (poetry collection in English) was published.
On June 17, 2008, Sri K.N.Rao published my article in his web-site.
On July 8, 2008, I translated the famous poem of Russian poet Innokenty Annensky
Among the worlds, in light of many stars,I keep repeating name of only vesper,I wouldn't say that I'm that much in love,But it's so dark when I don't hear her whisper.
And when the doubts get heavier for me,I seek the answer from her dear brightness -That's not because it's lighter near her:I need no light in presence of her rightness.
On November 16, 2008, I visited Anna German's family in Warsaw (blog post).
On December 29, 2010, I was granted UK Settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain).
On April 11, 2012, I was naturalised as a British citizen.
On February 14, 2013, I passed UK driving test.
On November 27, 2013, I exchanged contracts to purchase a flat in London.
On February 5, 2014, I moved into the London flat.
In September 2015, my photo-portrait of a deer with a toothpick got highly commended in the 2015 competition of the Friends of Bushy & Home Parks. Photo is available here.
On 9 June 2016, I published two books of poetry: "Shards" (in English) and "Второе дыхание" (in Russian). See Poetry page of this site for links to PDFs of e-books.
On 21 August 2016, I received a letter from the Buckingham Palace thanking me for the Shards collection which I sent to Her Majesty's 90th birthday.
On 3 January 2017, I received a news that I have won a 4.5-year legal process of obtaining a UK residency permit for my disabled mother.
On 3 April 2017, I became a member of the Royal Society of Literature.
On 7 August 2017, I finished the book of 154 sonnets.
On 3 December 2017, after five years of legal procedures, I brought my disabled mother with UK ILR to live with me in London.
On 1 March 2018, my sonnet was published by Snakeskin.
On 21.05.19 I was told that my half-brother died on 26.07.2016.
Books uploaded to Google Play
Found the military record of my grandfather who was killed in 1942 at the age of 29. Also found the military record of the uncle of my mother.
In February 2020, I obtained the results of my DNA analysis: I am 30% Balkan, 27% East European, 23% Baltic, 18% Armenian, and 2% Finnish. This confirms the family stories about Baltic nobility in our pedigree (I knew it but had some doubts). My DNA areal stretches from Mesopotamia to Lapland!
In February 2020, my three poems were published in the collection "Naked Reality" (London Voices, broadsheet N 49), ISBN 978-0-9561217-5-2
In October 2020, I was approached by a publisher; as a result, the collection "Anachoresis" was published, and it is now available on Amazon, ISBN 978-8194827115.
On 1st July 2022, I found my mother dead; the funeral took place on 4th July 2022
March 2023 Snakeskin issue published my translation of "Good should have fists"
© Valerie Livina