Dr. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Professor (Yakutsk, Russia).

Research interests: permafrost-hydrogeological conditions in Eastern Siberia, regime and discharge of groundwater, development of engineering methods to stop flooding of the urbanized territories in the permafrost zone with suprapermafrost waters and their hydrogeological role.

PhD thesis: Formation and regime of icings in Eastern Yakutia (1973).

Doctoral dissertation: General patterns of formation and regime of suprapermafrost waters of the cryolithosphere (1994).

Profile:

1999-present – Deputy Director, Melnikov Institute of Permafrost,SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia.

1991-1999 – Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher, Head of the laboratory of underground waters, Institute of Permafrost Studies SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia.

1983-1991 – Head, Department of Permafrost Studies, Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, the USSR (Russia).

1973-1983 – Junior Researcher, Head of the Groundwater Laboratory, Permafrost Institute, SB the USSR Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, the USSR (Russia).

1969-1972 – Postgraduate Student, Mining Institute, Leningrad, the USSR (Russia).

1966-1969 – Junior Researcher, Permafrost Institute SB the USSR Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, the USSR (Russia).

1966-1966 – Engineer-Hydrogeologist, Kazakh Ministry of the Land Reclamation, the USSR (Russia).

1961-1965 – Student, Polytechnic Institute, Novocherkassk, the USSR (Russia).

1959-1960 – Technician, Hydraulic Engineer of the technical section, the USSR (Russia).

Viktor V. Shepelev proposed new understanding of the Earth's cryolithosphere and its water exchange function, concretized the scheme of the natural water cycle based on the principle of their unity and phase transitions, clarified the existing ideas about the aeration zone in the area of permafrost distribution and its geoecological role.

Author and co-author of 314 scientific works, including 15 monographs, brochures, textbooks.

Memberships: Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Scientific and Technical Council "Venture Company Yakutia".

Honors: Scientist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (2001), Honored Veteran of the SB RAS, Honorary Citizen of the city of Yakutsk.

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