Dr. Vladimir E. Romanovsky
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Professor of Geophysics
Address:
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
2156 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, USA
Phone:
(907) 474-7459
Fax:
(907) 474-7290
Email:
Research Interests
I am interested in the scientific and practical aspects of environmental and engineering problems involving ice and permafrost. These include problems in the areas of soil physics, thermodynamics, heat and mass flow, and growth and decay processes that are associated with permafrost, subsea permafrost, seasonally frozen ground, and seasonal snow cover. I am also interested in the improvement of mathematical methods (analytical and numerical modeling) in geology and geophysics.
Appointments
| 2006-present | Professor of Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska |
| 1999-2006 | Associate Professor of Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska |
| 1998-1999 | Research Associate Professor, Geophysical Institute, U of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska |
| 1996-1998 | Research Associate, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska |
| 1992-1996 | Research Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska |
| 1985-1992 | Associate Professor of Geophysics and Geocryology, Moscow State University |
| 1980-1985 | Science Researcher, Department of Geocryology, Moscow State University, Russia |
| 1975-1980 | Geophysicist, Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University , Russia |
Education
| 1996 | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Ph.D. - Geophysics |
| 1985 | Moscow State University, Russia; M.S. - Mathematics (Honor Diploma) |
| 1982 | Moscow State University, Russia; Ph.D. - Geology |
| 1975 | Moscow State University, Russia; M.S. - Geophysics (Honor Diploma) |
Synergistic Activities
1. Service to the scientific community as a member of Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG) of the WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Program.
2. Service to the scientific community as a Director of the RAISE (Russian-American Initiative on Shelf-Land Environments in the Arctic) Science Management Office, OPP NSF.
3. Service to the scientific community as a member of the “Task Force on Climate Change, Permafrost and Civil Infrastructure” of the Arctic Research Commission.
4. Service to the scientific community as a member of the NASA NEESPI Science Plane Writing Working Group.
5. Service to the scientific community as a Chair of “Modeling of Permafrost” Subgroup of the International Permafrost Association (IPA).
6. Service to the scientific community as a member of the National Academies “Designing an Arctic Observing Network” Committee of the Polar Research Board
7. Service to the scientific community as a President of the US Permafrost Association
8. Service to the Alaskan community as a member of the Technical Working Group on Public Infrastructure (Adaptation), Alaska Governor’s Climate Change Sub-Cabinet, 2008 – 2010
9. Service to the scientific community as a member of the WMO/WCRP CliC scientific steering group (SSG), 2008-present
10. Service to the scientific community as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Permafrost Association, 2008 – present
11. Service to the scientific community as a member of the US Polar Research Board, 2008 – present
12. Service to the scientific community as a member of the Executive Committee of the WMO/WCRP CliC scientific steering group (SSG), 2010-present
13. Service to the scientific community as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P), 2011 – present
14. Service to the scientific community as a Vice President of the International Permafrost Association, 2012 – present
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union
United States Permafrost Association
International Permafrost Association