Nikolay Nikolaevich Sysoev, dean of the Faculty of Physics at M.V. Lomonosev Moscow State University, was in Malta to meet the University of Malta’s Physics Department, Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy and faculties of engineering, information and communication technology.

Areas identified for possible collaboration include research in electromagnetics, astrophysics, co-development of space-borne observational instruments, and student and staff exchanges. Sysoev invited the university to send a team of academics to visit his faculty.

ISSA director Kristian Zarb Adami said he was optimistic and excited at the prospect of future collaboration with such a prestigious university on space-borne instruments.