Fedorov Nikolai         
Nikolai Fedorov

Junior Research Scientist
Laboratory of GIS and Mapping                  







Tel.: +7-4112-390847
Email: FedorovNA@mpi.ysn.ru


Education

  • MPI Graduate Study Program, 2020-present
  • M.S. (Applied Geology), Tomsk Polytechnic University, 2018


Training

  • Micromine mining software training course, 2020


Research Interests

  • Permafrost landscapes
  • Geotechnical issues of permafrost terrain


Current and Recent Projects

  • SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: Geocryological Processes and Hazards in Permafrost Landscapes of Eastern Siberia (Participant)
  • Public Contract OK 2154, Sakha (Yakutia) Public Roads Administration, 2020-2021: Establishment of an Experimental Test Site Network on Regional Roads in the Sakha (Yakutia) Permafrost Zone for Embankment Stability Research (Participant)
  • Contract Project, Institut Giprostroymost St Petersburg AO, 2020: Permafrost Characterization for the Lena River Toll Bridge Project Site Investigation (Participant)
  • Contract Project, Larionov Institute of Physical and-Technical Problems of the North, 2018-2010: Investigation of Permafrost Changes and Assessment of Related Hazards on Linear Infrastructure in the Power of Siberia Pipeline Corridor in a Changing Climate (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 (Participant)
  • RFBR Project 18-45-140046, 2018-2020: Development of GIS Models of Permafrost-Landscape Evolution in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (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 Lena River Toll Bridge Project area – UAV and ground survey for detailed landscape characterization, active-layer thickness measurements
  • 2018-2020 Permafrost and terrain investigations along the Power of Siberia Pipeline corridor