Laboratory Staff
Egor Zelenin, Head of the Laboratory, Ph.D.
Research interests: active faults, tephrochronology, volcanology, seismotectonics, paleoseismology, geomorphology, geoinformatics, geospatial databases, remote sensing methods, digital photogrammetry, UAV application methods. Research areas: Kamchatka; Greater Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Northern Iran, Tuva. more details − publications
Vladimir Trifonov, Chief Researcher, Dr.Sci.
Research interests: geodynamics, recent and active tectonics, seismotectonics, active faults, mountain folding, historical geoecology, quaternary geology, tectonophysics, geomorphology, subcrustal geodynamics, geoarchaeology, historical and regional geology. Research areas: Caucasian region, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Caspian region, Southern and Western Turkmenistan, Pamir-Hindu Kush region, Tajik depression, the Tien Shan, Kazakhstan, the Urals, Mongolia, Kamchatka, Western USA, Cuba, Iceland, Italy, Greece. more details − publications
Andrey Kozhurin, Leading Researcher, Dr.Sci.
Research interests: recent tectonics and geodynamics, seismology, volcanology, seismotectonics, paleoseismology, active faults, fault dating methods, trenching, geomorphology, geoecology, remote sensing methods. Research areas: Circum-Pacific Belt – the Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Kuril and Aleutian Islands, Japan; Hanoi Depression; Northeast Asia (Momsky and Chersky ridges); Transcaucasia (Spitak earthquake zone); Southwest Iran (the Zagros, Bushehr). more details − publications
Dmitry Bachmanov, Senior Researcher, Ph.D.
Research interests: recent tectonics and geodynamics, active faults, geomorphology, remote sensing methods, tectonophysics, geoinformatics, databases, cartography, methods and algorithms of geological information processing. Research areas: Central Tien Shan, Syria, the Zagros, the Middle Urals, North-Western and Eastern Caucasus, Turkey. more details − publications
Yaroslav Trikhunkov, Senior Researcher, Ph.D.
Research interests: geomorphology, structural geology, recent tectonics and geodynamics, active faults, late Cenozoic stratigraphy, geoecology, geological hazards, geoarchaeology. Research areas: Caucasian region, Transcaucasia, Crimea, Turkey, Syria, the Central Tien Shan, Eastern Kazakhstan, Altai. more details − publications
Sergey Sokolov, Senior Researcher, Ph.D.
Research interests: recent tectonics and geodynamics, geomorphology, structural geology, remote sensing methods, active faults, active volcanism, morphological analysis, quaternary geology, lineament analysis, geoarchaeology. Research areas: Russian Far East (Khabarovsk Krai, Primorye), Yamal, Crimea, Voronezh Anteclise, Transcaucasia, Central Asia. more details − publications
Kirill Yushin, Junior Researcher, Ph.D.
Research interests: petrology, petrography, geochemistry, recent and active tectonics, Early Proterozoic structures of the Fennoscandian Shield. Research areas: Mongolia (Khangai Highlands), Kazakhstan (Dzhungar Fault), Republic of Tyva, Karelia and Arkhangelsk Region (Wind Belt), Crimea (Bakhchisaray District). more details − publications
Vyacheslav Lomov, Junior Researcher
Scientific interests: stratigraphy of the Neogene-Quaternary deposits of the Western Ciscaucasia, magnetostratigraphy, neotectonics and orogeny of the Western and Northwestern Caucasus. Research areas: Northwestern Caucasus, Western Ciscaucasia, Eastern Turkey, Western Sayan (Turano-Uyuk depression). more details − publications
Svetlana Oskolkova, engineer
Team role: Assistance in the organization of scientific and applied activities of the laboratory. more details
Former Members
Sofya Garipova, Junior Researcher − worked in the laboratory from 2020 to 2023.
Scientific interests: paleoseismology, recent and active tectonics, remote sensing method. Research areas: Central Asia (Tyva Republic, Khangai Highlands), Far East (Kamchatka Peninsula). more details
Evgeniya Shalaeva, Researcher − worked in the laboratory from 2015 to 2022.
Research interests: neotectonics, geomorphology, paleogeography, geodynamics, geoinformatics, evolution of depressions within Alpide belt. Research areas: Transcaucasia, Caucasus region, Crimea, Turkey. more details
Stepan Maznev, Ph.D. − worked in the laboratory from 2021 to 2022.
Research interests: geomorphology, neotectonics, morphotectonic analysis, active faults, paleogeography, quaternary deposits, hazardous processes. Research areas: Central Asia (Transbaikalia, Tuva, Aral Sea, Caspian), Caucasus (Sochi, Adygea), North of Russia (Khibiny, Komi, White, Barents and Kara Seas), Far East (Primorye, Kamchatka), Urals, Russian Plain. more details
Olga Gaidalenok, Ph.D. − worked in the laboratory from 2016 to 2021.
Research interests: recent and active tectonics, geodynamics, seismotectonics, tectonophysics, geomorphology, remote sensing methods. Research areas: Caucasus region, Crimea. more details
Alexander Ioffe, Ph.D. − worked in the laboratory from 1979 to 2018.
Research interests: mathematical methods in geology, numerical simulation of neotectonic processes, tectonophysics, geoinformatics, cartography, databases, methods and algorithms of geological information processing. Research areas: East European Platform, Middle and South Urals, Karelia, the Caucasus. more details
Sergey Skobelev, Ph.D. − worked in the laboratory from 1973 to 2001.
Research interests: recent and active tectonics, geodynamics, tectonophysics, orogeny, geomorphology, remote sensing methods. Research areas: South and West Turkmenistan, Pamir-Hindu Kush region, Tajik Depression, the Tien Shan, Kazakhstan, the Urals, Mongolia. more details