Date of birth: 16/03/1946
Place of birth: Vladivostok city, Far East Region, Russian Federation
Professional Preparation:
Leningrad Makarov High Engineering
Marine School, Russia
MS 1969
(Physical Oceanography)
Arctic and Antarctic Research
Doctor of Science (PhD) 1981
Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (Physical Oceanography)
Appointments:
1969-1973 Senior Engineer, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) of
Roshydromet, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1973-1975 Associate Research Fellow, AARI
1976-1979 Postgraduate student, AARI
1979-1985 Associate Research Fellow, AARI
1986-1991 Senior Staff Scientist, AARI
1991- Head of International Science Co-operation Department, AARI
1965 - 2004 Participated in 20 Arctic and 5 Antarctic field campaigns
Distinction
2001 Honorary Polar Explorer of Russia
2005 Honorary staff member of Roshydromet
Publications
About 50 scientific or professional publications and articles in mathematical
statistic and polar research issues.
Knowledge of international Arctic research
==> Participant of IASC ASSW since 2001
==> Participant of ICARP-1 (1995) and ICARP-II (2005)
==> Work on series of Digital Atlases of the Arctic (Oceanography, Hydrochemistry,
Sea Ice, Meteorology) as a part of USA-Russia Environmental Working Group activities
(1997-2001)
==> PI on AARI Project " Investigations of meteorological regime and climate variability
in the area of Spitsbergen archipelago"
Experience in cooperative, international scientific programmes or activities
==> Expert of the working group on Agreement on co-operation in the Polar and Marine
Research between German Ministry of Education and Research and Russian Ministry of
Education and Science;
==> Expert of the working group on Agreement on Co-operation in the technical-scientific
area in the Arctic and North Studies between Norwegian Research Council and Russian
Ministry of Education and Science
Insight into Arctic problems and policy issues
==> IASC ISIRA working group member
==> IASC FARO executive member
==> IASC PAG member
==> AOSB member
==> European Polar Consortium (EPC) Technical Committee member
==> Paper "The Role of International Technical-Scientific Co-operation in the Arctic into Marine
Sphere of Actions " (in Russian), Proceedings of the Conference "Development of Marine Sphere
of Actions into Globalization Circumstances", pp. 129-149, Moscow, 2004
Science management and administrative experience
==> Head of the International Science Co-operation Department of the Arctic and Antarctic
Research Institute (AARI) of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental
Monitoring (Roshydromet) since 1991;
==> Director of Norwegian-Russian Arctic Climate Research Laboratory after FRAM (FAL) since 2003;
==> Co-ordinator of German-Russian Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research after Otto Schmidt
(OSL) since 2000;
==> 1989-1990 - Head of 34-th Soviet Antarctic expedition.
