Education and Degrees

• M.S., Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute, 1973
• Ph.D. (Engineering), Melnikov Permafrost Institute, 2006. Dissertation: Study of the State and Properties of Permafrost and Cryopegs by Ground-Penetrating Radar
• D.Sc. (Eng.), Melnikov Permafrost Institute, 2016. Dissertation: Methodological Bases for Electromagnetic Sounding of Frozen Ground within the Layer of Annual Temperature Variations

Research Interests

• Petrophysics of permafrost materials

Field Work

• 2012-present – geophysical surveys along the roads and railroads in central and southern Yakutia
• 2011 – Berkakit-Tommot-Kerdem Railroad Corridor, electromagnetic induction measurements
• 2009-2010 – geophysical surveys in the Yakutsk area to estimate the thermal state of frozen foundation soils
• 2007-2008 – GPR surveys in Mirny and Chernyshevsky, western Yakutia to study the thermal state of permafrost foundation materials for urban infrastructure
• 2007 – geophysical surveys of permafrost conditions in the Kyuchus gold deposit
• 2006 – Tommot-Yakutsk Railroad, KP 698.8-699.3 and KP701.8-702.6 – geophysical mapping of ice wedges and soil/bedrock interfaces
• 2006 – geophysical mapping of biogenic taliks in livestock farming areas, Malaya Markha
• 2005-2006 – geophysical studies of permafrost and ground ice bodies along the proposed Tommot-Kerdem railroad corridor