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Education:
1977-1982 Studies at Moscow State University, Dep. of Hydrology, Faculty of Geography,
Moscow, Russia
1982 M.Sс. (Hydrology), Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow, Russia
1989 Ph.D. Geography (Hydrology and Water Resources), Water Problems Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Dissertation: Dynamic-stochastic models of river
runoff generation, Advisor: Prof. Lev Kuchment
Degree
2019 Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2007 Doctor of Science (Habilitation), Physics and Mathematics (Hydrology and Water
Resources), Water Problems Institute of the RAS, Moscow, Russia
Professional Experience:
2018- to date, Director, Water Problems Institute of the RAS
2016-to date, Professor of Hydrology, Moscow State University, Dep. of Hydrology, Faculty
of Geography
2011- to date, Head of the Watershed Hydrology Lab., Water Problems Institute of the RAS
1995-1996, Visiting Scientist at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
1985-2018, Young to Senior Scientist to Deputy Director, Water Problems Institute of the RAS
1982-1985, Post-graduate student, Water Problems Institute of the RAS
Areas of Expertise:
Hydrological cycle processes
Cold region hydrology
Hydrological modeling
Climate impact assessment
Flood risk assessment
Ensemble hydrological forecasts
Awards and Scholarships
2019 Honorary Worker in Science and High Technologies, Ministry of Science and Higher
Education of the Russian Federation
1995 One-year scholarship from Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI, USA) within the project “Development and Applications of a Deterministic-Stochastic
Model of Urban Runoff and Water Quality”
Participation in Professional Associations
2007-2018 – International Commission on Snow and Ice Hydrology (ICSIH) of the
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Vice-President (elected in
2007), Secretary (elected in 2016)
2013 – to date – Chair of the IAHS “Panta Rhei” Working Group on Physics of Hydrological
Predictability
Professional Activities:
2017-to date – Leading Author of the IPCC WGII 6th Assessment Report
2015 – to date – Bureau Member of the National Geophysical Committee of the International
Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
2013- to date – Member of the Scientific Council on Climate of the Russian Academy of
Sciences
2010- to date – Member of the National Committee on System Analysis of the Russian
Academy of Sciences
2009- to date – Vice-Chairman of the National Council on Water Resources of the Russian
Academy of Sciences
International and Russian Research Projects Management (since 2015)
2016 – to date, Water-Regional Sector in the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison
Project (ISIMIP) (Group Leader)
2019-to date, Project “Research and modeling of possible scenarios for the formation of
extreme paleohydrological phenomena in the Caspian basin after the Last Glacial
Maximum”, Russian Science Foundation (Coordinator and Principal Investigator)
2019-2020, Project “Developing recommendations for flood risk management and protection
of the Tulun city within the Iya River Basin”, Ministry of Natural Resources and
Ecology of the Irkutsk Region (Group Leader)
2015-2019, Project “Modeling physical mechanisms of sensitivity of hydrological extremes to climate change”, Russian Science Foundation (Coordinator and Principal Investigator)
2015-2017, Project “Uncertainty of large-basin hydrological response to climate change:
research on the basis of ensemble experiments with hydrological and climate models”,
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Coordinator and Principal Investigator)
Editorial Activities in International Journals
2004- 2019 – Topical Editor, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
2009- to date – Topical Editor, Earth System Science Data (ESSD)
2009- to date – Editor, Water Resources (in Russ.)
2017-to date – Editor, Russian J. Earth Sciences
Publications (Web of Science Core Collection)