Pavel Zabolotnik

Tel.: (4112) 390-857

E-mail: poulza@mail.ru

Educational Background

• M.S. (Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology), Moscow State University, 1993
• Ph.D. student, MPI. Dissertation topic: Changes in permafrost conditions at the Yakutsk CHP Plant site (Completion date: August 29, 2017)

Research Interests

• Permafrost thermal regime
• Seasonal thawing and freezing
• Thermal conditions of diamond mine dams
• Permafrost monitoring in the Yakutsk Co-Generation Plant area

Field Work

• 2011-2013 – permafrost surveys along the Bolshaya Kuonamka River
• 2010 – studies along the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline (ESPO), northeastern Irkutsk Oblast
• 2010 – co-leader, field trip on ground ice, thermokarst and alasses in Central Yakutia - Third Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists
• 2007 – geocryological, geotechnical and hydrological studies in the Talakhtakh Creek basin, southwestern Yakutia
• 2008-2009 – multi-disciplinary Alazeya expedition, northeastern Yakutia
• 2000-2006 – thermal monitoring of diamond mine facilities, western Yakutia
• 1999 – geochemical survey in the zone of influence of the Udachny Mine
• 1996-1998 – geotechnical reconnaissance of the Khannya-Nakyn watershed, western Yakutia
• 1993 – permafrost studies in the Udachny Mine area
• 1992 – undergraduate field trip, Yamsovey gas field, western Siberia
• 1991 – undergraduate field trip, Baikal=Amur Railroad