Research interests
    Sigmoids as Precursors of Coronal Mass Ejections
    Topology of Magnetic Fields in Solar Corona
    The Sun-Earth Connection: Flares vs. Magnetic clouds
 Instruments: Yokhoh, SoHO, TRACE, WIND, GOES
 Working with: Richard Canfield, Jiong Qiu, Dana Longcope

Refereed papers
     Kazachenko, M.; Canfield, R.; Longcope, D.; Qiu, J.; DesJardins, A.; Nightingale, R; Sunspot Rotation, Flare Energetics and Flux Rope Helicity: The Eruptive Flare on 2005 May 13, ApJ, accepted, 2009, pdf.
     Canfield, R.; Kazachenko, M.; Acton, L.; Mackay, D.; Son, Ji; Freeman, T.; Yohkoh SXT Full-Resolution Observations of Sigmoids: Structure, Formation, and Eruption; ApJ, V.671, Is.1, pp. L81-L84, 2007, pdf.
     Pevtsov, A.; Kazachenko, M.; On the Role of the Large-Scale Magnetic Reconnection in the Coronal Heating; Proc. of the SOHO 15, 2004, pdf.

Grants, Awards
    SPD Student Poster, Honorable mention 06/2009; NASA EPSCoR travel award, 03/2009; Student Travel award, SPD, 05/2008; NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for "Creation of Twisted Flux in Solar Eruptions", 2007/2010.

Meetings
    SHINE 2009, 08/2009, Nova Scotia, Canada; SPD 2009, 06/2009, Boulder, CO;
    SVECSE 2008, 06/2008, Bozeman, MT; AGU 2008, 05/2008, Fort Lauderdale, FL
    Living with a star team meeting, 11/2007, SAIC, San Diego, CA

Summer schools
    SPD 2008, 07/2008, Maui, HI
    Summer research assistant, 06/2004-08/2004, Sunspot, NM
    Research experience for undergraduates, 06/2003-07/2003, SAO, Russia

Teaching
    REU 2009 mentor, MSU, Bozeman, MT      Kristin Rosenau
    REU 2008 mentor, MSU, Bozeman, MT      Nick Hill     Eric Wolf
    REU 2007 mentor, MSU, Bozeman, MT      Nick Hill     Peter Wyper
    Teaching IDL for REU students, 2007, MSU, Bozeman, MT

Hobbies
    Singing; Travelling;