GRADUATE STUDIES

The Melnikov Permafrost Institute offers graduate study programs (Aspirantura) in engineering geology, geocryology and geotechnical engineering leading to the Kandidat Nauk (Ph.D. equivalent) degrees in geography, geology & mineralogy, and engineering. The full-time program takes 3 years to complete, and the part-time program requires 4 years of study and research. Since 1965, over 80 students completed the graduate study programs, almost half of which were awarded the doctoral degree of Kandidat Nauk. Currently, twelve students are enrolled in the full-time program.

Marina Danzanova, Ph.D. MPI Graduate Study Program Manager Tel.: 7-4112-390812 Email: dmv_1585@mail.ru
Current Students
Georgy Maximov S.D., 2012, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 19, 2015 Completion date: October 18, 2019 On academic leave from September 21, 2018 to September 22, 2019 Dissertation topic: Development of river taliks in the Lena Delta
Tamara Ostreldina S.D., 2014, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 29, 2015 On academic leave from March 1, 2017 to March 1, 2020 Dissertation topic: Hydrothermal deformations of road embankments in Subarctic regions
Stella Markova S.D., 2015, North-Eastern Federal University Program entrance date: October 19, 2016 On academic leave from November 21, 2018 to April 22, 2020 Dissertation topic: Chemical migration in snowcover, Central Yakutia
Artem Lobanov S.D., 2013, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 19, 2016 Completion date: October 18, 2019 Dissertation topic: Understanding and assessing the effects of frost weathering on thermal and mechanical properties of hydraulic-fill soils
Varvara Andreeva S.D., 2013, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 19, 2016 Completion date: October 18, 2019 Dissertation topic: Ground temperature regime in the Lower Kolyma area: relationship to terrain and response to climatic variations
Vasiliy Ogonerov S.D., 2015, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 19, 2016 Completion date: October 18, 2019 Dissertation topic: Transformation of hydrogeological conditions in hydraulically filled areas in Yakutsk
Anzhela Vasilieva S.D., 2017, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 18, 2017 Completion date: October 17, 2020 Dissertation topic: Study and prediction of permafrost-related hazards in Subarctic urban areas
Robert Sysolyatin S.D., 2016, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 18, 2017 Completion date: October 17, 2020 Dissertation topic: Geocryological conditions in Mesozoic-type basins, Aldan Upland
Nyurgun Baishev S.D., 2015, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 31, 2018 Completion date: November 1, 2021 Dissertation topic: Formation and distribution of natural and man-induced icings along linear infrastructure in permafrost regions
Varvara Novopriezzhaya S.D., 2012, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 31, 2018 Completion date: November 11, 2021 Dissertation topic: Predicting permafrost landscape changes in Central Yakutia under different climatic scenarios
Marina Nuteveket S.D., 2017, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 31, 2018 Completion date: November 1, 2021 Dissertation topic: Permafrost dynamics in urban environments due to climate change and anthropogenic pressure: a case study of Anadyr
Maria Rozhina S.D., 2017, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk Program entrance date: October 31, 2018 Completion date: November 1, 2021 Dissertation topic: Current state and future changes of permafrost environment in the Kolyma Upland