APECS Climate Systems Discipline Coordinator

St. Petersburg State University, Russia

My name is Ivan A. Sudakov. I was born in 1985 (Ural Region, USSR). I was a graduate of secondary school in 2002. I am awarded with a Silver Medal "For Special Successes in Studies". Also, I was a graduate of musical school (specialization is piano). I am a graduate of the Ural State University, Physics Department (Ekaterinburg, Russia). I am a Bachelor of Science in Physics (2006) and Master of Science in Physics (2008) as well as a Bachelor of Innovation in Engineering (2008). What’s more, I am a certified schoolteacher (2007), certified lecturer in university (2008) and certified programmer (2007).

Now, I am a PhD student of the St. Petersburg State University, Department of Climatology (St. Petersburg, Russia). As part of my PhD education, I conduct research at the Scientific Foundation "Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre" (NIERSC) (St. Petersburg, Russia). I am a participant of the "Nansen Fellowship Programme" (2008-2011). My scientific advisers are Prof. Ola M. Johannessen and Dr. Leonid Bobylev.

I have published around 20 abstracts and papers. I am an active member of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). I took part in several international conferences, seminars, summer schools (e.g., IMPETUS 2007, 2008 Workshop and APECS Career Development Workshop). I worked (2004-2008) as a teacher at secondary school, a lecturer and senior lecturer at various universities of Ekaterinburg (Ural Region, Russia). At present, my business is marketing, quality management and fund-raising in the Herzen University (St. Petersburg, Russia).