Education
- M.S. (Mining Geology), Yakutsk State University, 1985
Research Interests
- Permafrost research
- Ground temperature monitoring
- Geomorphology
- Exogenous geological processes
- Remote sensing
- Satellite and aerial photo interpretation
- Geothermics
- Environmental studies
Current and Recent Projects
- SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: The Thermal Field and Permafrost in Northeastern Russia: Controls and Dynamics
- SB RAS Basic Research Project IX.135.2.1, 2017-2020: Subsurface Temperature Field and Permafrost Transformation in Northern Asia and Central Asian Mountains
Field Work
- 2020 Great Norilsk Expedition: Permafrost Component (Participant)
- 2018-present, Permafrost and active-layer monitoring in the northern Yenisei region
- 2012-2018, Drilling and instrumentation of ground thermal monitoring sites in the Verkhoyansk Mountains, Upper Chara basin, southern Yakutia, Elkon Horst (Field Team Leader)
- 2011, Geothermal and geomorphological investigations, establishment of ground thermal monitoring sites in the Verkhoyansk Mountains, southern Yakutia and Elkon Horst (Field Team Leader)
- 2010, Geothermal and geomorphological investigations, establishment of ground thermal monitoring sites in southern Yakutia (Elkon mine site and East Siberia-Pacific pipeline corridor)
- 2009, Establishment of a ground thermal monitoring site at the Town of Moma, eastern Yakutia
- 2008, Geothermal and geomorphological investigations in southern Yakutia (Murun Massif, and Gorkit and Tarynnakh iron ore deposits)
- 1992, Permafrost investigations by remote sensing in Tiski, Arctic Yakutia (Field Team Leader)
- 1988–1991, Exploratory survey for a railroad project, central Yakutia
- 1985-1988, Exploratory surveys for the Amur-Yakutsk railroad and iron ore prospecting in southern Yakutia
- 1980-1985, Investigations in western Yakutia as part of the Siberia National Program
- 1976-1979, Field investigations for the western section Ust-Kut to Tynda of the Baikal-Amur Railroad
- 1975, Field investigations in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Honours and Awards
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Commendation (2020)