Education
- M.S. (Geography), Yakutsk State University, 2011
Research Interests
- Permafrost
- Thermokarst
- Remote sensing
- Climate change and human effects on permafrost terrain
Current and Recent Projects
- SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: Geocryological Processes and Hazards in Permafrost Landscapes of Eastern Siberia (Participant)
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research – National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (RFBR Grant No. 20-55-53014, 2020-2022: Study of Permafrost Changes Induced by Climate Warming in the Siberian Arctic and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Participant)
- Contract Project, Institut Giprostroymost St Petersburg AO, 2020: Permafrost Characterization for the Lena River Toll Bridge Project Site Investigation (Participant)
- Contract Project, Institut Giprostroymost St Petersburg AO, 2020: Permafrost Characterization for the Lena River Toll Bridge Project Site Investigation (Participant)
- SB RAS Basic Research Project IX.127.2.3 (2017-2020): Integrated Studies to Understand the Dynamics of Natural and Human-Affected Landscapes in the East Siberian Permafrost Region – Block 4. GIS Mapping of Permafrost and Related Landscapes in East Siberia
- Contract Project, Sakhatelecom Co. (Yakutsk), 2019: Identifying Potential Thermokarst Areas along the Proposed Fiber Optic Cable Line from Mirny to Suntar to Vilyuisk
- Contract Project, Sakhatelecom, 2019: Developing Guidelines for Selecting Burial Depth of Fiber Optic Cables with Permissible Crush (3 kN/cm2 to 7 kN/cm2) and Tensile (7 kN/cm2 to 40 kN/cm2) Loads in the Active Layer of Permafrost in the Section from Udachny to Verkne-Munskoe to Olenek (Participant)
Field Work
- 2020 Field observations (soil moisture content, permafrost temperature, active-layer thickness, thermokarst dynamics) at monitoring sites Neleger, Spasskaya Pad, Yukechi, Kerdyugen, Umaibyt, Nemyugyuntsy and Syrdakh in central Yakutia and Tiksi and Batgai in northern Yakutia; UAV surveys for terrain modeling
- 2020 Field investigations for a roadway foundation monitoring program, Nam, Amga and Khangalas areas, central Yakutia
- 2020 Lena River Toll Bridge Project area – UAV and ground survey for detailed landscape characterization, active-layer thickness measurements
- 2019 Monitoring observations in central and Arctic Yakutia
- 2018-2020 Permafrost and terrain investigations along the Power of Siberia Pipeline corridor
- 2020 2020 Field investigations to examine the behavior of roadway foundations, Nam, Amga and Khangalas area, central Yakutia
- 2012-present – permafrost terrain studies in Central Yakutia
- 2011–2012 – Changes in fluvial erosion, Eheleekh Island, Lena River
- 2011–2012 – Landscape dynamics, Neleger and Spasskaya Pad monitoring sites, Central Yakutia
- 2011 – Thermokarst dynamics at the Yukechi site, 45 km east of Yakutsk
Memberships
- Member, Russian Geographical Society