ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2006 – Doctor of Science (Geography), Moscow State University, Geographical Faculty 1991 - PhD, geomorphology and evolutionary geography, Moscow State University, Geographical Faculty 1988 – Graduated as certified specialist, geomorphology, Dept. of Geomorphology of the Geographical Faculty, MSU, and applied mathematics, Special Subdivision of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics Faculty, MSU. PRESENT RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL SPECIALITY Paleogeography of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene; paleohydrology and fluvial geomorphology; geoarcheology. STUDY AREAS European Russia and Siberia PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS Bureau member of the Commission on Quaternary Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Member of several Working Groups of the INQUA Commission on Terrestrial Processes, Deposits, and History (TERPRO) Scientific secretary of the Russian Association of Geomorphologists Executive Committee member of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG)

Paleogeography of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene; paleohydrology and fluvial geomorphology; geoarcheology.