Scientific Researcher
Department of Soil Geography and Evolution
Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
M. Sc., Soil Science, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1981 Ph.D., Biology, 1988, Moscow State University, Moscow Habilitation, Geography, 2006, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Science. Study areas: Russian Plain, West Siberia, Caucasus, Altay, Crimea, Urals.
Palaeopedology, palaeoecology in the Holocene, soil science, archaeopedology, ancient anthropogenic landscape reconstructions, microbiomorphycal analysis, soil science analysis.