Education and Degrees
- Ph.D. (Geography), Permafrost institute, 1987. Dissertation: Heat Exchange between the Ground and the Atmosphere in Resource Development Areas of West Siberia
- M.S. (Mining Engineering), Yakutsk State University, 1971
Research Interests
- Quantitative relationships in the ground thermal regime development under various human activities
Current Project
- SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: The Thermal Field and Permafrost in Northeastern Russia: Controls and Dynamics (Participant)
Selected Past Projects
- SB RAS Basic Research Project IX.135.2.1, 2017-2020: Subsurface Temperature Field and Permafrost Transformation in Northern Asia and Central Asian Mountains – Block 3. Thermal Response of Upper Permafrost to Climate Change and Human Impacts. Modelling and Prediction (Participant)
- SB RAS Basic Research Project VIII. 77.2.3, 2013-2016. Subsurface Temperature Field and Permafrost Evolution in Northern Asia. Block 3. Thermal Response of Upper Permafrost to Climate Change and Human Impacts. Modeling and Prediction (Co-Investigator)
- Core Project VII.63.2.3. Geothermophysical and Geochemical Fields in North Asian Permafrost: Dynamics and Prediction of Future Changes, 2010-2012. Section: Dynamics of the Upper Permafrost Temperature Field Related to Changes in Natural and Anthropogenic Factors (Co-Investigator)
- RAS Department of Earth Sciences Program No. ONZ-11.7. Geotemperature Field and Permafrost Dynamics in Northern Eurasia. Evaluation of Change Rates of Cryogenic Processes in the North Eurasian Permafrost Region. Section 2. Dynamics of the Ground Temperature Regime Within the Depth of Annual Variation in Central Yakutia (Co-Investigator)
- SB RAS Expedition Grant. Permafrost Response to Human Activities and Long-Term Environmental Variations (Geothermal and Hydrogeological Monitoring), 2012 (Co-Investigator)
- Public Contract with the Republic of Sakha/Yakutia Government no. 1090. Engineering-Geocryological Monitoring in the Berkakit-Tommot-Kerdem Railroad Corridor, 2011-2013 (Co-Investigator)
Field Work
- 2005-present – thermal monitoring of the railroad – environment system in ice-rich permafrost terrain, Central Yakutia
- 1987-present - permafrost investigations along the northern portion of the Tommot-Nizhnyi Bestyakh railroad, Central Yakutia
- 1984-present - ground temperature monitoring at Chabyda and Tuymaada sites, Central Yakutia
- 1981-1983 - year-round heat balance observations at Chabyda site, Central Yakutia
- 1981 г. – seasonal heat balance observations on slopes, Kular, subarctic Yakutia (field team leader)
- 1977-1978 - year-round heat balance observations at Geological station, north-eastern Tyumen Province (field team leader)
- 1974-1976 - year-round heat balance observations at Soleninsky station, north-eastern Tyumen Province (field team leader)
- 1971-1974 – year-round heat balance observations at Igarka station, northen Krasnoyarsk Krai (field team leader)
- 1968-1970 – year-round heat balance observations at Kular, subarctic Yakutia (field team leader)
Teaching and Outreach Activities
- Field practice guidance, and term paper and graduate thesis supervision of North-Eastern Federal University students
- Supervisor, "Young Geocryologist" Science Club at School No. 17, Yakutsk