«Cryolithogenic, biological, energy, and informational resources of the Arctic» Sector

		Head of Sector Vladimir P. Melnikov Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Fellow of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences Honorary Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University E-mail: v.p.melnikov@utmn.ru

		Assistant manager Natalia I. Gavrilenko E-mail: n.i.gavrilenko@utmn.ru

Main Research Area – Earth’s Cryosphere.

Vladimir P. Melnikov is the founder of the Institute of the Problems of Northern Development (part of Tyumen Scientific Centre). He is also the founder of the Institute of Earth's Cryosphere, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Dr. Melnikov occupied the post of the Vice President of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) (1998-2003). He is a member of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Presidium.

In 1997, he founded the Earth's Cryosphere Journal.

In 2004, he enunciated a new philosophical direction - Cryosophy - a system of ideas about the cold world.

He introduced new academic concepts: cryogenic resources, cryotracology, cryodiversity, cryolithogenic-glacial and others.

He is a recipients of the following Russian national awards: The Badge of Honour; IV degree Medal For Service to the Motherland; The Russian Government Prize.

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