The Melnikov Permafrost Institute hosts the Dissertation Council 24.1.076.01 authorized to award scientific degrees of Kandidat Nauk (equivalent to Ph.D.) and Doktor Nauk (a higher tier of doctorate) in geography, geology & mineralogy, and engineering (qualification standard 25.00.08 – engineering geology, geocryology and geotechnical engineering).
Chair:
Zhelezniak, Mikhail, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Deputy Chair:
Shepelev, Viktor, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Secretary:
Shestakova, Alena, Ph.D. (Geogr.)
Members:
Alekseev, Sergey, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Alekseev, Vladimir, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Drozdov, Dmitrii, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Fedorov, Aleksandr, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Galanin, Alexey, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Grigoriev, Mikhail, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Ivanov, Vasiliy, D.Sc. (eng.)
Kunitsky, Viktor, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Kurilko, Alexander, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Kuzmin, Georgii, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Makarov, Vladimir, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Mikhailov, Vladimir, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Neradovskii, Leonid, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Omelyanenko, Aleksandr, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Osadchaya, Galina, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Permyakov, Petr, D.Sc. (Phys. & Math.)
Pestryakova, Lyudmila, D.Sc. (Geogr.)
Rozhin, Igor, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Spektor, Vladimir, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Vasiliev, Aleksandr, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Velikin, Sergei, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Zhang, Rudolf, D.Sc. (Eng.)
Zhizhin, Vladimir, D.Sc. (Geol. & Miner.)
Name |
Year |
Degree |
Dissertation Title |
2002 |
D.Sc. |
Geotemperature Field and Permafrost in the South-Eastern Part of the Siberian Platform |
|
Mikhail Iudin |
2002 |
D.Sc. |
Thermo-mechanical Processes in the Massifs of Frozen Ground due to Construction and Exploitation of Vertical Shafts in Kimberlite Mines at the North |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Formation and Regime of Anthropogenic Cryopegs in the Tuymaada Valley |
|
Alexandr Boytsov |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Conditions of Formation and Regime of Supra- and Intrapermafrost Ground Water Aquifers in Central Yakutia . |
Tatyana Bantsekina |
2003 |
Ph.D. |
The Hydrothermal Regime of the Active-Layer in Slope Debris during the Spring and Summer Period - the Upper Kolyma Upland |
2003 |
Ph.D. |
Origin of the Cryolithological Complex in the Elevated Plain of the Lena-Amga Interfluve. |
|
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Floodplain Taliks in the Russian North-East |
|
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Study of the State and Properties of Permafrost and Cryopegs by Ground-Penetrating Radar |
|
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Landscape Indication and Mapping of Geocryological Conditions in the LenaRiver Basin |
|
2007 |
D.Sc. |
Nival Lithogenesis and Ice Complex in Yakutia |
|
2007 |
D.Sc. |
Modeling and Predicting the Dynamics of Ice-Rich Coasts of the Eastern Russian Arctic Seas |
|
2008 |
D.Sc. |
Cryomorphogenesis and Lithodynamics of the Nearshore Shelf Zone of the East Siberian Seas |
|
Oleg Motorov |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Composition, Structure and Temperature Regime of Freezing Mine Dumps and Potential Evolution to Rock Glaciers (A Case Study of the Omolon Massif, Magadan Province ) |
Egor Starostin |
2009 |
D.Sc. |
Phase Equilibrium in Soils at Freezing Temperatures |
Aleksey Verkhoturov |
2010 |
Ph.D. |
Icing Formation and Effect on Engineering Structures (A Case Study from Trans-Baikal) |
Albina Cherepanova |
2010 |
Ph.D. |
Mineral Groundwater in Permafrost Hydrogeological Environments of the Yakutian Part of the Siberian Platform and Prospects for Its Use |
2011 |
D.Sc. |
Development of the Theory and Technology of Radio-Impedance Sounding for Studies of Soil and Rock Masses in Permafrost Regions |
|
2011 |
Ph.D. |
Mapping of Permafrost Landscapes with Account for Vegetation Succession (by Example of the Pre-Lena Plateau) |
|
Vladimir Mestnikov |
2013 |
Ph.D. |
Study of the Capabilities of Air-Convection Cooling Systems for Controlling the Temperature Regime of Permafrost Foundation Soils. Dissertation Abstract (in Russian) |
2013 |
Ph.D. |
Dynamics of Thermosuffosional Processes in Permafrost, with Special Reference to Central Yakutia Dissertation Abstract (in Russian) |
|
Felix Zavadsky |
2013 |
Ph.D. |
Climate Change Driven Changes in the Geocryological and Hydrogeological Conditions in Southern Yakutia. Dissertation Abstract (in Russian) |
2015 |
Ph.D. |
Eolian Periglacial Landforms (Tukulans) in Central Yakutia: Structure, Origin, Age, and Distribution. Dissertation Abstract (in Russian) |
|
Lyudmila Vasyutich |
2015 |
Ph.D. |
Effect of Urbanization on the Structure and Properties of the Geocryological Environment in Central Trans-Baikal: A Case Study of the City of Chita. Dissertation Abstract (in Russian) |
Andrey Melnikov |
2015 |
Ph.D. |
Effect of Frost Weathering on Railroad Embankment Failures: A Case Study of the Tommot to Kerdem Section of the Amur-Yakutsk Railroad. Dissertation Abstract (in Russian) |
2016 |
D.Sc. |
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2016 |
Ph.D. |
Late Holocene Dynamics of Glaciers and Rocks Glaciers in the Suntar-Khayata Range |
|
2016 |
Ph.D. |
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2017 |
Ph.D. |
Structure and Temperature of Permafrost Foundations in Urban Landscapes, with Reference to the City of Yakutsk |
|
2017 |
Ph.D. |
Geochemical Features of Human Modified Soils in Permafrost Regions: A Case Study of Yakutsk |
|
Galina Osadchaya |
2018 |
Ph.D. |
Permafrost Landscapes of the Bolshezemelskaya Tundra as a Basis for Environmental Management |
2018 |
Ph.D. |
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2018 |
Ph.D. |
Subsurface Temperature Distribution and Permafrost in the Vilyui Basin |
|
2018 |
Ph.D. |
Ground Temperature Regime at Large Heat Power Generation Facilities on Permafrost: Yakutsk CHP Plant |
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2019 |
Ph.D. |
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2019 |
Ph.D. |
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Yana Tikhonravova |
2019 |
Ph.D. |
The Structure of Wedge Ice in the northern Gydan Peninsula and the Pur-Taz Watershed |
Andrey Zhang |
2020 |
Ph.D. |
Thermal Stabilization of the Railway Embankment and Foundation by Sideslope Insulation |
2020 |
Ph.D. |
The Subsurface Temperature Field and Permafrost in the Elkon Horst |
|
Alexander Nikiforov |
2020 |
Ph.D. |
|
2020 |
D.Sc. |
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2020 |
D.Sc. |
Public defense of the dissertation, Alena Shestakova, 2011 |
Council’s discussion |
Oleg Motorov presents his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree, 2008 |
The Council’s decision is delivered to the candidate Albina Cherepanova, 2010 |