Ivan I. Lavrentiev
Date of Birth 20/09/1981
Tel.: (499) 125-90-11
Fax: (495) 959-00-33
Email: ilavrentiev@gmail.com
Education 1998 - 2004
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow, Russia
Faculty of Geography, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology;
2004-2008 - Post graduate student at MSU
2002-2004 - MS in geography at MSU
Selected courses taken: Fundamentals of Glaciology, Regional Glaciology, Advanced Avalanche Study, Geomorphology, Climatology, Cartography, Mass-Balance of Glaciers, Recreation Glaciology, Permafrost in Highlands, Structural Glaciology and other.
Dissertation theme: Regime and structure of glaciers at Nordenskiold land (Svalbard), based on remote sensing methods.
Thesis: Dependence of glaciation of mt. Elbrus on volcanic activity and climate change;
Participant of nine scientific practices and academic expeditions to the Caucasus, Kamchatka Mountains and Taymyr peninsula;
1998 - Academic practicum on General Geography, Moscow region.
Experience 2002 - Present
Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Science (IG RAS)
PhD in 2009, Research Scientist, Glaciology Department;
In charge of analysis of radar, satellite and other digital data; glacier and climate changes;
Field experience:
2005-2009 - 4 expeditions to mt. Elbrus, Central Caucasus: radio-echo sounding (RES) and shallow ice core drilling at Elbrus western firn plateau and Eastern summit; deep ice core drilling project at Elbrus western firn plateau;
2007 - RES studies of Fridtjovbreen, Aldegondabreen, Tavlebreen, Hansbreen and Airebreen, Svalbard; Norway;
2006 - RES studies of frontal parts of outlet glaciers on Franz Jozef Land and Novaya Zemlya;
2005 - RES studies at Fridtjovbreen, Svalbard, Norway;
2004 - Mass balance studies at Djankuat glacier, Central Caucasus;
2003 - Permafrost active layer studies on Svalbard, Norway;
2002 - RES studies at Garabashy glacier, Elbrus, Central Caucasus;
2001 - RES studies of crater Gorshkov glacier of Ushkovsky volcano, Kamchatka;
Publications:
Lavrentiev I.I., Macheret Yu.Ya., Holmlund P., Glazovsky A.F. Hydrothermal structure and subglacial drainage hydrological system of Tavlebreen, Svalbard. Led i Sneg (Ice and Snow), in Russian. (in press)
Lavrentiev I.I., Mikhalenko V.N., Kutuzov S.S. Ice thickness and bedrock topography of Elbrus western firn plateau (in Russian). Led I Sneg №2 (110), 2010, p.12-18.
V.N. Mikhalenko, I.I. Lavrentiev, S.S. Kutuzov. "Paleoclimatic ice core study at Mt. Elbrus as a base for new paleoclimate reconstruction for mid latitudes of northern Hemisphere." - Changes of Natural Environment and Climate in 8 vol. Vol.3 part 2: Natural Processes in Polar Regions, IGRAS, 2008, pp. 118-124 (in Russian).
V.N. Mikhalenko, S. Kutuzov, I.I. Lavrentiev, M.G. Kunakhovich Paleoclimatic ice core studies in the Caucasus Mountains as a base for a new paleoclimatic reconstruction for the low latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere: prospects and first results. Geophysical Research Abstracts,Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-00002, 2008EGU General Assembly 2008.
Lavrentiev I.I. Structure and Dynamics changes of Fridtjovbreen, Spitsbergen over last 70 years obtained from remote sensing data. - Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta (Newsletter of the Moscow State University), ser. Geography, 2008, №6, pp. 45-50 (in Russian).
Lavrentiev I. Fridtjovbreen changes in XX century from remote sensing data. - The dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers. Proceedings of workshop in Pontresina, Switzerland, 2007. IASC Publ., pp.162-164.
Vasilenko E.V., A.F. Glazovsky, I.I. Lavrentiev, Yu.Ya. Macheret, F.J. Navarro. "Izmeneniya tolshchiny i gydrotermicheskoy struktury lednika Frit'of s 1977 po 2005 god" [Changes in ice thickness and hydrothermal structure of Fridtjovbreen in 1977-2005]. MGI, 101, 2006, pp. 157-162.
Glazovsky A.F., Lavrentiev I.I., Macheret Yu.Ya. and others. Changes of geometry and hydrothermal structure of Fridtjovbreen, a polythermal glacier in Spitsbergen, following its surge in the 1990s model. -in: The mass budget of Arctic glaciers. Proceedings of workshop in Obergurgl, Austria, 2006. IASC Publ., pp.39-42.
V.N.Mikhalenko, S.S.Kutuzov, I.I.Lavrentiev, M.G.Kunakhovich, L.G.Tompson Elbrus western firn plateau studies: results and prospects (in Russian) - Data of glaciological studies P.99, 2006 pp. 185-190
Languages: English
Interests: music, photography, snowboarding/mountain skiing/freeride, velo, tourism.