Education
- M.S. (Groundwater and Engineering Geology Exploration), Yakutsk State University, 2009
Research Interests
- Geothermal observations
- Exogenous geological processes and landforms
- Subsurface temperature field and permafrost in geostructures of the Siberian Craton
Current and Recent Projects
- SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: The Thermal Field and Permafrost in Northeastern Russia: Controls and Dynamics (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 (Co-Investigator)
- SB RAS Basic Research Project IX.135.2.1, 2017-2020: Subsurface Temperature Field and Permafrost Transformation in Northern Asia and Central Asian Mountains – Block 1. Understanding the Development of Subsurface Temperature Fields and Permafrost in Major Tectonic Structures of the Siberian Platform (Participant)
- Contract Project, Larionov Institute of Physical and-Technical Problems of the North, Yakutsk, 2018-2020: Investigation of Permafrost Changes and Assessment of Related Hazards on Linear Infrastructure in the Power of Siberia Pipeline Corridor in a Changing Climate (Participant)
- Contract Project, Polyarnaya Exploration Co., 2017-2018: Permafrost Thermal Monitoring in Borehole KS-1, Khara-Tumus Site (Co-Investigator)
- Contract with Pavlik AO, Magadan, 2017: Borehole Instrumentation and Ground Temperature Measurements (Co-Investigator)
- Contract Project, Tri Arc Mining Co., 2016-2017: Permafrost Investigations in the Tomtor Deposit: Buranny Site (Co-Investigator)
- RFBR Project 13-05-00875 A, 2015-2016. Transformation of the Subsurface Temperature Field and Permafrost in Structures of the Aldan-Stanovoy Shield (Co-Investigator)
- Contract Project, Polarnaya Exploration Co., 2014-2015: Permafrost Thermal Investigations in the Ondodomi Site, northern Krasnoyarsk Region (Co-Investigator)
Field Work
- 2020 Permafrost and groundwater characterization in Vertkalny mining area, Verkhoyansk Mts
- 2020 Instrumentation of monitoring sites and geothermal measurements in Saskylakh, Anabar
- 2020 Data collection from the geothermal monitoring network in central and southern Yakutia and Amur Oblast
- 2018-2020 Permafrost and terrain investigations along the Power of Siberia Pipeline corridor
- 2019 Geothermal measurements and geotechnical inspection in Saskylakh, Anabar
- 2011–2015 Field studies in the Vankor and Kystyktakh fields, northern Krasnoyarsk Krai
- 2011 Field studies in the Kempiche deposit, Verkhoyansk area
- 2011 Field studies in the Chara-Tokko Basin
- 2010-2011 Ground thermal observations in the Elkon and Des fields, southern Yakutia
Grant Awards
- 2017 – Sakha (Yakutia) Research and Education Foundation Travel Grant for Early Career Scientists (Conf. Natural Processes in Polar Regions in the Epoch of Global Warming, Sochi)
Patents/Licences
- Zhelezniak M.N., Zhizhin V.I., Shipitsina L.I., Sivtsev D.I., Misailov I.E., Rybchak A.A., Zavadsky F.R. The Geocryological Database of the Aldan Shield, Siberian Craton. Rospatent Registration Certificate No. 2016620539 of April 27, 2016.