Soil Science Faculty

Soil Science has a long history at Moscow State University. At first teaching of soil science as a university discipline started an MSU in 1906. Since that time Departments of Soil Science belonged to Faculties of Physics and Mathematics (1922-1934), Soil and Geography (1934 - 1939), Soil and Geology (1939 - 1949), Biology and Soil Science (1949 - 1973). 
 
Faculty of Soil Science has been organized at 1973, and now it is one of the 39 Faculties of the MSU. The activity includes both education and research. About 450 undergraduate students and 87 post-graduate students study at the Faculty; more than 150 Professors and Faculties teach and conduct research.  
 
Education
The Faculty provides undergraduate (BA/BSc, 4 years), Master (MA/MSc, 2 years) and post-graduate programs (PhD, 4 years). For BSc and MSc degrees there are two educational programs: Soil Science and Ecology & Nature Management. For Post-graduate studies there are 3 programs within Biological Sciences (Soil Science, Ecology, and Microbiology) and 2 programs within Agricultural Sciences (Agrochemistry and Agrophysics).
For more information, please visit http://soil.msu.ru/eng/admissions
 
Research
Various scientific research projects in soil science and related environmental sciences are carried out at the Faculty.  Eleven Departments provide a wide scope of fields of study: Agrochemistry & Plant Biochemistry; Soil Science (Pedology), Soil Geography, Soil Physic & Melioration, Soil Chemistry, Soil Biology, Agriculture, Soil Erosion & Conservation, Agroinformatics, Land Resources, and Radio-ecology & Ecotoxicology.
 
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  • The geography of field studies of the Department of Soil Physics and Melioration covers the whole territory of the Russian Federation
  • The Department has developed a practice of fruitful work with foreign students, the result of which was successfully defensed BSc, MSc and PhD-thesis.
  • The Department of Soil Physics and Melioration regularly organizes scientific conference at various levels, including international ones

Special courses and training practices (in Russian)  

Bachelors' program:

  • Agrophysics (Prof. Goncharov V.M.)
  • Soil Solid phase (Dr. Khaidapova D.D., Dr. Butylkina M.A.)
  • Soil Liquid phase (Prof. Umarova A.B., Dr. Kokoreva A.A.)
  • Soil Gas phase (Prof. Smagin A.A.)
  • Heat exchange theory in soils (Prof. Arkhangelskaya T.A.)
  • Environmental basics of soil and landscape melioration (Dr. Shvarov A.P.)
  • Applied aspects of soil physics (Prof. Umarova A.B., Dr. Butylkina M.A., Dr. Kokoreva A.A., Dr. Ezhelev Z.S., Dr. Suslenkova M.M.)
  • Basics of land law (Prof. Sapozhnikov P.M.)
  • Workshop on physics of soil solid phase (Prof. Milanovskii E.Yu., Dr. Khaidapova D.D., Dr. Butylkina M.A., Dr. Faustova E.V., Dr. Tyugai Z., Bykova G.S.)
  • Special workshop on determination of energy and mass transfer in soils (Dr. Butylkina M.A., Dr. Faustova E.V., Dr. Gasina A.I., Dr. Shnyrev N.A., Bashina A.S.)

Masters' program

  •  Basics of hydrogeology (Prof. Nikiforova A.S.)
  •  Mathematical modelling of moisture movement in soils (Prof. Arkhangelskaya T.A.)
  •  Modelling of gas dynamics in soils and landscapes (Prof. Smagin A.A.)
  •  Soil reclamation and GIS technology (Dr. Nikiforova A.A.)
  •  Restoration of anthropogenically disturbed lands (Dr.Ginzburg M.E)
  •  Soil mechanics and rheology (Dr. Khaidapova D.D.)
  • Physical properties and soil organic matter (Prof. Milanovskii E.Yu.)
  • Soil resources of the Russian Federation: assessment, use, protection (Prof. Sapozhnikov P.M.)
  • Statistical techniques in soil and agricultural research (Dr. Faustova E.V., Dr. Dembovetskii A.V.)
  • Soil and landscape design (Prof. Umarova A.B.)
  • Engineering soil science (Prof. Kovalev I.V.)
  • Soil melioration for landscape design (Dr. Shvarov A.P.)

 

Main research areas

 

Main research projects

  • 18.01.2019 – 31.12.2021: Fundamental structural and functional characteristics of urban soils in different climatic zones. (Team leader: Prof. Umarova A.B.; Team members from the department: Prof. Arkhangelskaya T.A., Dr. Butylkina M.A., Dr. Gasina A.I., Dr. Ezhelev Z.S., Dr. Tyugai Z., Dr. Suslenkova M.M.)
  • 16.07.2019 – 15.07.2022: Soil constructions: fundamental physical and biological aspects of their creation, functioning and evolution in a humid and arid climate. (Team leader: Prof. Umarova A.B.; Team members from the department: Dr. Butylkina M.A., Dr. Kokoreva A.A., Dr. Ezhelev Z.S., Frolov O.A.)
  • 01.01.2020 – 31.12.2022: An advanced scheme for parameterization of land surface hydrology in Earth System models and numerical weather forecast systems (Faculty of Geography, member from department: Dr. Kokoreva A.A.)
  • 17.07.2019 – 01.07.2022: Polymeric structurant for the soil protection from water and wind erosion and preservation / improvement its hydrophysical characteristics waste (Faculty of Chemistry, member from the department: Dr. Gasina A.I.)
  • 21.03.2018 – 31.12.2019: Migration of mobile pesticides in soil: physical description and connection with hydro-chemical parameters of mass transfer. (Team leader: Dr. Kokoreva A.A..; Team members from the department: Belik A.A.)
  • 14.11.2018 – 21.11.2021: Polymer binders based on interpolyelectrolyte complexes for stabilizing insulating coatings of soils at landfills (landfills) of municipal solid waste (Faculty of Chemistry, member from the department: Dr. Khaidapova D.D.)

 

Representatives of the Department open to international cooperation:

MISSION: study and management of microbial communities to ensure the favorable functioning of soils, ecosystems and biosphere.

 
Selected BSc courses for soil scientists (in Russian):
- The structure, development and taxonomy of bacteria
- Biochemistry of soil microorganisms
- The structure, development and taxonomy of fungi
- The structure, development and taxonomy of yeasts
- Physiology of microorganisms
- Molecular biological methods in soil science
- Dynamics of microbial populations
 
Selected BSc courses for ecologists (in Russian):

- Ecology of bacteria
- Environmental biochemistry
- Ecology of fungi
- Ecology of yeasts
- Ecophysiology of soil organisms
- Molecular biological methods in ecology
- Biological environmental control
- Environmental microbiology
 
Selected MSc courses for soil scientists (in Russian):
- Genetics of microorganisms
- Fundamentals of Virology
- Soil biotechnology
- Geochemical activity of microorganisms
- Zoomicrobial interactions in soil and associated habitats
- Isotope methods in soil microbiology
- Microbial transformation of nitrogen
 
Selected MSc courses for ecologists (in Russian):
- Geoecology of microorganisms
- Metabolic activity of soil ecosystems
- The role of microorganisms in global biospheric processes
- Modern methods of ecosystem monitoring
- Environmental biotechnology
 

Research topics funded by grants:

  • Molecular analysis of nitrogen cycle microorganisms in oil-contaminated soils and application its potential for bioremediation (2019-2021)
  • Endophytic yeasts of agricultural plants, the distribution and role in plant protection (2019-2022)
  • Adaptation and Implementation of the Modern Molecular Biology Technologies in the Agriculture and Wastewater Treatment of ASEAN Countries and Russia (2020-2022)
  • New microbial nitrogen fixation loci associated with soil invertebrates (2016-2018)
  • Scientific basis of the national biobank - depository of the living systems (2015-2018)
  • Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium as a source of nitrogen-containing greenhouse gases in soils (2014-2016)

History and Traditions

The department of soil biology has been created in 1953. The first chief of the department was an outstanding microbiologist, corresponding member of AS N.A.Krasilnikov. In 1973-2009 professor D.G.Zvyagintsev headed the department. The chief of the department in 2009-2015 was I.Yu.Chernov, corresponding member of AS and prominent microbial ecologist. The department is now managed by a professor A.L.Stepanov, who contributed to the study of the role of soil microorganisms in the atmospheric balance of greenhouse gases.

 

Contacts and main research areas:

  • Prof. A.L. Stepanov - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - microbial contribution to nitrogen and carbon cycles, greenhouse gases.
  • Prof. P.A. Kozhevin - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - dynamics of microbial populations, biological environmental control.
  • Prof. L.V. Lysak - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - soil bacteriology.
  • Prof. N.A. Manucharova - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - molecular biological methods in soil science and ecology, bioremediation.
  • Dr. N.V. Kostina - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - microbial transformation of nitrogen, geochemical activity of microorganisms.
  • Dr. E.A. Vorobieva - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - microorganisms of extreme habitats, astrobiological issues.
  • Dr. A.E. Ivanova - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - soil mycology.
  • Dr. A.V. Kachalkin - Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. - investigation of soil yeasts.

Mission: training of highly qualified personnel in the field of soil protection from erosion and other types of soil degradation, sustainable and economically balanced land use

 

Educational discipline

  • Theory of a single erosion-accumulative process and its environmental role (planned)
  • Soil and ecological aspects of sustainable land management (planned)

Scientific activity of the department

  • Ecological and economic assessment of soil and land degradation and food security (Head of the Department, D. Sc., Professor  Oleg Makarov, e-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.).
  • Modeling and forecasting of erosion processes in various soil and climatic conditions of the Russian Plain (D. Sc., Professor Valeriy Demidov, e-mail: demidov951@ yandex.ru)
  • Development of methodological principles and modeling of sustainable land use (D.  Sc. Dina Karpova, e-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.).
  • Development of technologies for recultivation, remediation and protection of soils and lands (Dr Pavel Shulga, e-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.).

Research projects

  • Research and Development Cooperation Russia-ACEAN on development and implementation of innovative agricultural technologies to increase sustainability of agro-ecological systems. No35/04-07-2017 (2017-2020).​
  • “Сase studies on food security in the Eurasian region: methodology and use in the educational process” in the framework of the Eurasian center for food security, 2016.​
  • The project “Erosion” No. 02WT0099 in the framework of the Russian-German agreement, “Modelling of erosion processes in the basins of the Volga and Rhine” (2002-2011)

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mission: to provide knowledge and science- based solutions to ensure monitoring, functioning, protection and remediation of soils and environments facing global challenges

 

Selected publications

Astaykina Angelika (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Novel pesticide risk indicators for aquatic organisms and earthworms. Agronomy. 2020 Aug;10(8):1070.

Barsova Natalia (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Current state and dynamics of heavy metal soil pollution in Russian Federation-A review. Environmental Pollution. 2019;249:200-7.

Izosimova Yulia (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.), Tolpeshta I, et al. Sorption of Cu2+ Ions by Bentonite Modified with Al Keggin Cations and Humic Acid in Solutions with pH 4.5. Minerals. 2020 Dec;10(12):1121.

Karavanova Elizaveta (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) Dissolved organic matter: Fractional composition and sorbability by the soil solid phase (Review of literature). Eurasian Soil Science. 2013;46(8):833-44.

Ladonin Dmitriy (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) Comparative Evaluation of Adsorption of Rare-Earth Elements in Some Soil Types. Eurasian Soil Science. 2019;52(10):1175-82.

Sokolova Tatiana (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Acids in Soils: Sources, Composition, Concentrations, and Functions: A Review. Eurasian Soil Science. 2020;53(5):580-94.

Sokolova Tatiana (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.), Tolpeshta Inna (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.), et al. Biological Characteristics and Concentrations of Extractable Fe, Al, and Si Compounds in Spruce Rhizosphere in Podzolic Soil. Eurasian Soil Science. 2018;51(11):1317-25.

Stepanov Andrey, (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Changes in the composition of amphiphilic fractions of humus of sodpodzoly soil in the mineralization process // Norwegian Journal of development of the International Science. — 2018. — Vol. 1, no. 23. — P. 19–28.

Sukhanova N.I., Trofimov Sergey (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.), Stepanov A.L., Kiryushin A.V. Specific Features of Chernozemic Soils in the Area of the Khoper Deep Fault in the Earth Crust. Eurasian Soil Science. 2020;53(2):197-206.

Tolpeshta Inna (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.), Sokolova T.A., Izosimova Y.G., Postnova M.K. Initial Stages of Smectite Chloritization in the Humus-Eluvial Horizon of Podzolic Soil in the Model Field Experiment. Eurasian Soil Science. 2020;53(8):1154-64.

Trofimov Sergey (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Drill cuttings in the environment: possible ways to improve their properties. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 2020 Sep 29:1-5.

Yakimenko Olga (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Comparison of two integrated biotic indices in assessing the effects of humic products in a model experiment. Eurasian Soil Science. 2019 Jul;52(7):736-46.

Zavarzina Anna (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Water-soluble phenolic metabolites in lichens and their potential role in soil organic matter formation at the pre‐vascular stage. European Journal of Soil Science. 2019 Jul;70(4):736-50.

Zavgorodnyaya Yulia (Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.) et al. Improved Method for n-Alkanes and n-Methyl-Ketones Determination in Litters and Soils. Eurasian Soil Science. 2020;53(3):310-6.

Mission: training highly qualified personnel in the field of agriculture and agroecology in order to produce environmentally safe agricultural products

History and Traditions

The department of Agriculture has been created in 1955 on the basis of the Аgronomics department. The first chief of the department was Prof. V.T. Makarov, the former rector of Tomsk State University, who was invited to head the department. In 1976 - 1979 Prof. A.P .Jakovlev was the chief of the department. Prof. E.A. Dmitriev held the department within 20 years (1979-1999). The department is now managed by Prof. P.N. Balabko.

 

 

Scientific activity of the department

  • Biologized technology of growing potatoes on sod-podzolic soils in the Non-chernozem zone of Russia. A phytotron was built at the department to obtain virus-free seed potatoes. Three thousand microtubules are grown annually (Head of the Department, D. Sc., Professor Petr Balabko, e-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)

  • Forecasting the consequences of agricultural soil contamination with new ecotoxicants: carbon and silver nanoparticles (D. Sc. Nataliya Kulikova, e-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)

  • Analysis of the temporal and spatial variability of the soil cover of agricultural land establishing the limits of applicability of some mathematical equations that allow to assess the soils quality (D. Sc. Vera Samsonva, e-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)

Selected Bachelor's degree courses (In Russian):

  • Contemporary issues in agriculture. Prof. P.N. Balabko.
  • Agroecology. Prof. P.N. Balabko.
  • Morphoanalytic soils diagnostics. Prof. P.N. Balabko.
  • Herbicides and ecological aspects of their application. Prof. N.A. Kulikova.
  • Oriental plant growing with elements of landscape architecture. Ph.D. S.E. Dyadkina.
  • Ecology of weed vegetation. Prof. V.P. Samsonova.

Selected Master's degree courses (In Russian)

  • Agriculture and grassland management in river valleys and deltas. Prof. P.N. Balabko, Ph.D. A.A. Sneg.
  • Soil cover heterogeneity of cultivated lands. Prof. V.P. Samsonova.
  • Balance in ecosystems. Prof. V.F. Basevich.
  • Environmentally safe products. Ph.D. M.I. Kondrashkina.
  • Ecological design. Ph.D. T.V. Localina.
  • Metrology in soil science and ecology. Prof. V.P. Samsonova.
  • Introduction to geostatistics. Ph.D. J.L. Meshalkina (in English)

What makes the Department of Land Resources and Soil Evaluation special?

“It provides a broad education and addresses pressing issues including the environmental assessment, legal regulation of soil quality, environmental management, soil and land protection.

Students obtain a coherent view of the ecological regulation of the chemical, physical and biological state of the environment”.

Professor Aleksander Yakovlev, Chair of Land Resources and Soil Evaluation Department.

 

The department implements an educational profile “Land resources management and biological control” of the higher education program (BS, MS) “Ecology and environmental management”

Selected BSc-courses (in Russian):

  • Ecological assessment of environmental components (Professor Gennady Glazunov, email: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)
  • Land reclamation (Senior Researcher Ekaterina Kovaleva, email: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)
  • Biodiagnostics of contamination (Professor Vera Terekhova, email: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)
  • Environmental safety management in gas and oil production (Senior Researcher Ekaterina Kovaleva, Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)
  • Land management and environmental protection (Professor Aleksandr Yakovlev)
  • State superintendence of waste management and subsoil use (Senior Researcher Anastasiya Gorlenko)
  • Environmental safety of seacoasts (Professor Aleksandr Kamnev)
  • Environmental safety and risk assessment (Professor Gennady Glazunov, email: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)
  • Environmental regulation in agriculture (Senior Researcher Mariya Evdokimova, email: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)

Selected MSc-courses (in Russian):

  • Legal regulation of soil quality (Professor Aleksandr Yakovlev)
  • Environmental planning and design (Professor Aleksandr Yakovlev)
  • Geographic information systems in land resources assessment (Professor Gennady Glazunov, email: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.)

Research topics funded by grants:

  • Control of land degradation in the Eurasian region.
  • Development of quantitative methods for the ecological monitoring and environmental assessment of soil state in the vicinity of large mining and processing plant according to remote sensing data using macrokinetic model.

 

MISSION: to study and account for soil resources in order to support sustainable existence and use of ecosystems, to preserve biodiversity

 

The department studies the soil cover of the regions of the Russian Federation and the Earth as a whole, soils and parent materials, soil mineral composition and micromorphology, soil biota. The main research topics are focused on:

  • soil and land resources,
  • natural and man-made processes in the soils,
  • soil protection and restoration,
  • soil ecological and socio-economic functions,
  • archaeological and paleopedology,
  • food and environmental safety,
  • functioning of urban eco-systems,
  • wastewater treatment and water management.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN 2015-2020

Enhancing integrated soil management technologies for increased crop production in Uganda (2019 –2020,  Prof. Pavel Krasilnikov). Keywords: soil organic carbon, soil health, land management, fertilizers, pathogens, pesticides, soil microbiology

Adaptation and Implementation of the Modern Molecular Biology Technologies in Agriculture and Wastewater Treatment of ASEAN Countries and Russia (2020 – 2022; Dr Natalia Shchegolkova). Keywords: DNA extraction, sequencing, pathogenic microorganisms, microbiological community, molecular biological methods, wastewater treatment

Design and Development of ASEAN – Russia Interactive Communications Network for the Exchange of Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Development (2020 – 2022; Dr Natalia Shchegolkova). Keywords: project-based training, water management, wastewater treatment technologies, teleconferencing, environmentally friendly technologies, agriculture

Development and production of innovative interactive course of video-lectures on the use of the newest technologies in water management of agricultural regions for students and professionals of the ASEAN countries (2019 – 2022; Dr Natalia Shchegolkova). Keywords: wastewater treatment, treatment wetlands, ASEAN countries, educational program, interactive educational films)

ACADEMIC MOBILITY: ERASMUS+  (2018-2019)

Partner University: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

Project leader: Dr Tatiana Prokof’eva. Keywords: education, academic mobility, urban soil genesis, Technosols, soil classification, WRB for soil resources

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF OUR GRADUATES

Graduates of the Department have knowledge about the land resources as the basis of food security; global and regional organization of a soil cover; about the ecological and economic bases of land management; the legal basis of the assessment and protection of soils and lands; about anthropogenic transformations of soils and ecosystems, the methods of their maintenance, sustainable development and reclamation; about the principles and structure basic soil classifications.

Graduates of the department possess a system of fundamental scientific concepts, methodologies and modern methods of studying the pedosphere: the basics of remote methods of environmental research and practical skills in analyzing materials of remote sensing of soil cover; methods of GIS analysis; methodology of digital soil cartography implemented in modern geoinformation systems and skills of complex analysis of spatial data in soil science, agrochemistry and ecology; methods of environmental diagnostics, zoological indication, phitoindication and biotesting; methods of morphogenetic analysis of soils.

Contacts:

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Pavel Krasilnikov   E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Soil genesis, soil ecological and socio-economic functions, food and environmental safety

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Anatoly Bobrov   E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Protozoology, biogenic silica  

Doctor of Sciences Natalia Shchegolkova    E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Bacterial community structure by molecular methods, monitoring of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, water quality, wetlands

Ph. D. Nikolay Avetov    E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Bog ecosystem transformation under human impacts and climate change, natural reserves

Ph. D. Anton Ivanov    E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Soil morphology, soil genesis

Ph. D. Anna Buivolova   E-mail:  Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Urban ecology, natural reserves

Ph. D. Andrey Semikolennykh    E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Soil genesis, paleogeography, biochemistry of plant and microorganisms metabolites in soil

Ph. D. Ekaterina Kovaleva   E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Ecological assessment of polluted soils of different land use territories.

Ph. D. Oleg Golozubov    E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Soil-geographic database, monitoring of agricultural lands

 

 

Mission: Training in soil science and biogeochemistry.

System of transformation indicators of biogeochemical cycles

 

 

A collection of soil monoliths of the main Russian soils, as well as a collection of amazing cryogenic "drawings" in the soils of northern Russia has been created.

 

 

Educational activities

Basic theoretical and practical courses are grouped into sections:

  • ·Land resources and soil cover analysis
  •  Methodology for the study of soil genesis and functioning
  • ·Soils in the environment
  •  Soil biogeochemistry

 

Research activity

Research activities cover Arctic, subarctic and temperate ecosystems, both natural and anthropogenic in the plains and mountains. 

 

 

The department of Agricultural Informatics is unique in Russian universities.

Mission: to collect, generalize, systematize, and process information to support optimal decision-making in the development of agricultural production and the most complete use of soil and land resources in agriculture, the formation of food systems, and the implementation of the country's Sustainable Development Goals.

 

Prof. D. Khomiakov at the "Round table": "On measures to ensure the fertility of agricultural land" (Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 27.02.2020)

 

Prof. D. Khomiakov and Prof. G. Gogmachadze the editor-in-chief of the scientific and production electronic journal "Agroecoinfo" at a workshop on the use of digital solutions in the agro-industrial complex (Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation).

 

Prof. D. Khomiakov and post-graduate student of the Department V. Sokolov at the virtual seminar on the project KS1798 "Environmentally friendly smart organic agriculture" EFSOA of the Cross-border Cooperation Program Russia-South-Eastern Finland (10.06.2020).

 

 

N.P. Kirillova (PhD, associate professor) heads two directions at the department: digital soil mapping (DSM) and digital morphometry.

The DSM is based on unique data: a  digital terrain model for the territory of 340 ha and a  database with descriptions of more than 1,000 soil profiles, including photographs, and 5,000 horizons. This made it possible to create large-scale soil maps for different taxa (subtype, parent materials). The database is extremely convenient for studying various methods of digital mapping and building maps according to various classifications, including  solving the problem of finding correlations between them.

Digital morphometry is an international collaboration project with scientists from the UK (D.B. Kemp, University of Aberdeen), USA (prof. A.E. Hartemink with colleagues, University of Wisconsin), and Japan (N. Moritsuka, Kyoto University). The objective of the project is to develop and apply methods for analyzing soil color using both spectrophotometers and photocolorimeters, as well as digital devices: flatbed scanners, smartphones, and digital cameras. One of the promising tasks of the project is the transition from 2D to a three-dimensional model of the distribution of horizons in the soil.

Contacts:

Head of the Department prof., Dr.  Dmitry M. Khomiakov  E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.

Scientific Secretary, associate professor, PhD, Nataliya P. Kirillova E-mail: Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript.