Born: 27 July 1946 in Kischinev, Moldavia, USSR
Professional Experience:
1965:
entered Moscow
State University,
Department of Physics, Chair of Atmospheric Physics
1970:
graduated from Moscow State
University, speciality –
geophysics. Diploma Thesis: "On the effects of sound and gravity waves
propagation into the middle and high atmosphere of polar regions"
1971 – 1973:
junior scientist at the Institute of
Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Moscow
1974 – 1976:
post-graduate at IAP
1976:
Ph. D. Thesis: "Regulative role of cloudiness in
the global-scale processes of heat and moisture exchange in the
atmosphere-underlying layer system"
1977 – 1984:
scientist at IAP
1984 – 1991:
senior scientist at IAP
1991:
Professor at Leningrad
Hydrometeorological Institute, PHD. Habil. Thesis: "Statistical-dynamical modeling of long-term
climate processes"
1991 – 2001:
leading scientist at IAP
1992 – 1994:
visiting scientist at the International
Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
1995 - 1996:
visiting scientist at the Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam,
Germany
1997 – 2003:
Guest Professor at PIK
2003 – 2007:
RedSynA Projectleader at PIK
Awards and Appointments
2002/2003:
"The Contemporary Who's Who" Award,
American Biographical Institute (ABI), Raleigh,
U.S.A.
2003:
"2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21 st
Century" Award, International Biographical Center (IBC), Cambridge, U.K.
2005:
"100 Outstanding Geophysicists of the 21 st
Century" Award, International Biographical Center (IBC), Cambridge, U.K.
2006:
”The Cambridge Blue
Book of Foremost Intellectuals”, International Biographical Center (IBC), Cambridge, U.K.
2006:
Archimedes Medal Award, International Biographical
Center (IBC), Cambridge, U.K.
2007:
One of the contributing and review authors of the 4th Assessment
Report of the IPCC