Corresponding Member of the RAS, Dr. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy) (Yakutsk, Russia).
Research interests: geothermics, subsurface temperature, distributions in permafrost areas, geothermal monitoring, regional permafrost studies.
PhD thesis: Geothermal conditions of the formation and existence of the cryolithozone in the western part of the Aldan anteclise (1994).
Doctoral dissertation: Geotemperature field and cryolithozone of the Southeastern Siberian Platform (2002).
Field work: permafrost investigations and monitoring in the Altai, Verkhoyansk, Kodar-Udokan and Ile-Alatau mountains.
Memberships:
- Interdisciplinary Council on Earth Sciences, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Council on Earth Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Presidential Advisory Council on Research and Technology Policy, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Public Council, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Honors and Awards:
- Honored Scholar of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 2016
- Yakutia Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society Badge of Merit, 2015
- North-Eastern Federal University Silver Decoration “For Achievements in Teaching”, 2013
- Meritorious Worker in Science and Technology of the RSFSR Honorary Title, 2011
- Silver Sigma Award, 2007
- RAS Trade Union Honorary Diploma, 2007
- RAS Honorary Diploma, 2007
- Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Presidential Award, 2006
- Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Government Award “For Contribution to Science Advancement”, 2005
