Corresponding member of the RAS, Councilor of Russian Academy of Sciences (Yekaterinburg, Russia).
PhD thesis: Research and selection of optimal modes of the mining and transport operations in ore quarries with the use of electronic computers (1966).

Doctoral dissertation: Theoretical foundations for choosing transport of ore quarries (1979).

Profile:

2006 – Leading Researcher, Institute of Mining of the Ural Branch of the RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia.

1995-2006 – Director, Institute of Mining of the Ural Branch of the RAS, Yekaterinburg Russia.

1986-1995 – Director, Institute of Mining of the North of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, the USSR (Russia).

1962-1986 –Senior Researcher, Head of the Laboratory, Institute of Mining, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), the USSR (Russia).

Victor L. Yakovlev developed the theoretical and methodological foundations for the development of mineral resources of the Urals, proposed a solution to a set of problems in the development of deep quarries.

Memberships:

Editorial Boards of the journals: Gornoe Delo (Moscow), Gorny Zhurnal. Izvestiya vuzov (Yekaterinburg), Physical and technical problems of the development of minerals (Novosibirsk), Litosfera (Yekaterinburg).

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