Education

• M.S. (Mining Engineering), Yakutsk University, 2007

Research interests:

• Engineering permafrost studies
• Geological survey
• Geotechnical monitoring
• Linear structures in permafrost terrain

Current and Recent Projects

• 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 (Co-Principal Investigator)
• SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: Sustainability of Coupled Natural and Human Systems in Permafrost Regions and New Technologies for Using Cold Resources (Participant)
• Contract Project, Sakhatelecom Co. (Yakutsk), 2019: Identifying Potential Thermokarst Areas along the Proposed Fiber Optic Cable Line from Mirny to Suntar to Vilyuisk
• 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 (Co-Investigator)

Field Work

• 2020 Permafrost investigations along the paved roads and establishment of geotechnical monitoring sites in Nam, Amga and Khangalassy areas
• 2019 Examination of the condition of existing roads on permafrost subgrade in central Yakutia
• 2019 Investigations of permafrost processes and features in western Yakutia
• 2014-2018 Temperature and groundwater monitoring of alluvial fill sands in District 203 development area, Yakutsk
• 2014 Examination of permafrost-related processes and mitigation measures on the Amur Highway, Trans-Baikalia
• 2011-2014 Geotechnical monitoring and investigations in the ice-rich permafrost section of the Amur–Yakutsk Railway