Кирпотин Сергей Николаевич

KIRPOTIN SERGEY

Director of "Biota Climate Landscapes" (Bio-Clim-Land) Center of Excellence

DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1964
CITIZENSHIP	Russia
E-mail:	kirp@mail.tsu.ru
Web-site:	http://tssw.ru/english/directions/earth-sciences-and-ecology/
Mailing address	36, Lenina Pr., Center of Excellence "Bio-Clim-Land", Tomsk State University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

 

BACKGROUND

2006	Dr. habil. (Ecology) Dissertation: Morphology-geometrical Approach to Investigation of Space Heterogeneity of Ecosystems and Landscapes
1994	Ph.D (Botany), Tomsk state university Dissertation: A geometrical approach to study of the spatial structure of vegetation
1986	Specialist degree (Biology), Tomsk State University Thesis: Geometrical approach to study of the spatial structure of wood biogeocoenosis

Professional positions

2014 – current:	Director of "Biota Climate Landscapes" (Bio-Clim-Land) Centre of Excellence, National Research Tomsk State University
2003 – 2013	Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Tomsk State University
1998 – 2003	Dean, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, Tomsk State University
1994 – 1998	Docent (Associated Professor), Botany Department, Tomsk State University
1992 – 1994	Senior Lecturer, Botany Department, Tomsk State University.
1988 – 1994	Demonstrator, Botany Department, Tomsk State University.
1986 – 1988	Engineer, Laboratory of Biogeocoenology, Research Institute of Biology & Biophysics at Tomsk State University.

Other affiliations

Since 2014	Member of Russian Geographical Society
Since 2008	Member of Editorial Board of The International Journal of Environmental Studies.
Since 2015	Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B
Since 2003	Member of Academic Council of Tomsk State University.
Since 1998	Member of International Association of Vegetation Science.
Since 1986	Member of Russian Botanical Society.

1999-2000, co-coordinator, Swedish-Russian project "Dynamics of tundra border in Russia"

2006-2009, co-coordinator, TASIC SCM TUNING project SCM-T027B05 "Tuning educational programmes in Russian Higher Educational Institutes"

2007-current, coordinator, International Scientific Association "CAR-WET-SIB Biogeochemical cycle of carbon in wetlands of Western Siberia"

2014, Head, grant of the President of the Russian Federation for state support of leading scientific schools No. NSH-5946.2014.5 "Forest-bog landscapes of Western Siberia as an indicator and regulator of climate change on a global scale"

2015 , Knight of the Order of Academic Palms.

 

 

Fellowships and awards

2015:	Principal investigator in EU JPI-Climate Project: Climate impact on the carbon emission and export from Siberian inland waters (SIWA). Awarded funding: 711 935 EUR
2012:	Russian coordinator of the Russian-French Centre, grouping the CNRS, 20 French Universities, the SB RAS and 14 Siberian Universities, was created under the name of "French-Siberian Centre for Education and Research". This structure is mainly aimed at coordinating, developing and fostering all activities implied in linking the fundamental research with high education that plays a crucial role in the training of new generations of young scientists, and its priority direction "Environment and Ecology"
2007:	Russian coordinator of French-Russian D’UN GROUPEMENT DE RECHERCHE INTERNATIONAL (GDRI) «CAR WET SIB Biogeochemical cycle of carbon in wetlands of Western Siberia» net project.
2006-2009:	TSU co-ordinator of TASIC SCM TUNING project SCM-T027B05 “Tuning educational programmes in Russian Higher Educational Institutes”
2004–2007:	task coordinator in the INTAS 03-51-6294 “The effect of climate change on the pristine peatland ecosystems and (sub)actual carbon balance of the permafrost boundary zone in Sub­arctic Western Siberia” in a partnership with universities of Utrecht (Netherlands), Kuopio (Finland), Ural’skiy (Russia), Yugorskiy (Russia) and Institute of Soil Science and Agro-Chemistry SO RAS (Russia).
2002:	Individual Mobility Grant (IMG 02-RF1014), financed by Tempus European Training Foundation (ETF)
2000–2002:	Course administrator of Tempus-Tacis Compact Project "Dissemination of Training in Environmental management" with Universities of Oxford, Utrecht, financed by Tempus-Tacis (D-CP 25089-99).
1999–2000:	co-investigator of Swedish-Russian Project "The Dynamics of the Russian Tundra-Taiga Boundary", financed by The Royal Swedish Academy of Science.
1997–1999:	course co-ordinator of Tempus-Tacis Curriculum Development Project "Training in Environmental management" with Universities of Sheffield, Oxford and Utrecht, financed by Tempus-Tacis (T-JEP 10217-96).

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

September 2016, UArctic Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia.

October 2015, INTERACT Station Manager Forum meeting, Jablonna, Warsaw, Poland

2016 TMU – TSU Joint Symposium, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.

March 2016, Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW), Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

December 2015, V International Forum «Arctic: the Present and Future», St.Petersburg, Russia

October 2015 INTERACT Station Manager Forum meeting, Jablonna, Warsaw, Poland

October 2015 “Biodiversity and conservation of the gene pool, flora, fauna and population of Central Asia” IV International Scientific and Practical Conference, Kyzyl, Tuva, Russia

September 2015 JPI-Climate SIWA Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden

June 2015 JPI Climate Knowledge Usability WORK-Shop on 17 June 2015, Brussels, Belgium

December 2014 USA, San-Francisco, AGU Fall Meeting https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Session/1965

December 2014, Hvalso, Denmark. Meta-database management. Management practice, INTERACT

February 2014, Oulanka Research Station, Finland. INTERACT Station Managers’ Forum 7

December 2013 Toulouse (France) A workshop of the Siberian-French Center for Education and Research Siberia's role in current global change.

September 2013, Abisko, (Sweden) Station Managers' Forum 6 was held at Abisko Scientic Research Station. Presentation “Aktru and Hanymei research stations”.

September 2014, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Economic Forum.

December, 2013 Toulouse (France) 2012 – Russian-German Forum of university rectors, 21-23 May, Berlin (Germany)

2012 – EURECA 2011 Annual Conference, January 9-14, 2012, hosted by University of California, Los Angeles, sponsored by the U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Cooperation and Rule of Law

October 2011 Station Manager Forum meeting 2, Sonnerupgaard Gods, Hvalsø, Denmark

May 2010 Russian-French-German seminar "The climate-regulating role of forest-bog ecosystems: landscape-ecological and social aspects", University of Hamburg, Germany

2010 – First International workshop of RUSTEC Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, November 15-19, 2010

2010 – Congress of Compatriots - graduates of Russian universities working in the Russian Federation and abroad, Berlin, Germany, 20-23 May

2010 – University of Hamburg Russian-French-German seminar "The climate-regulating role of forest-bog ecosystems: landscape-ecological and social aspects" 10.05.10- 15.05.10

September – October 2008 CAR-WET-SIB Workshop, Toulouse, France

2008 CAR-WET-SIB Workshop, Toulouse, France

January -February 2008 The innovational bridge Northern Rhein-Westphalia – Russia “German-Russian cooperation in the field of curriculum”

September 2006 “EU-Russia Higher Education Cooperation: Mobility of Students and Academic Staff, University of Helsinki, Finland.

November 2005 – International Workshop “Carbon Sequestration in Central

Asia”, Columbus, USA

September 2005 – EXPO-2005, Japan

May 2005 – International University Presidents Forum, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

June -July 2003: The 7th Korea-Russian International Symposium KORUS 2003, University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea

April 2000: Workshop "Dynamics of the Taiga-Tundra Interface", Abisko, Sweden.

July-August 1998: 41st IAVS Symposium "Vegetation Science in retrospect and perspective", Uppsala, Sweden.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Arctic Ecology

Landscape Ecology

Theory of Symmetry

Ecology of Plants, Life Forms of Plants

Spatial Structure of Vegetative Communities

Environmental Education and Environmental Management

Philosophy of the East

 

 

h-index (Scopus): 12 (April 2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books and tutorial:

Halicki W., Kochanska M.W. and Kirpotin S.N. 2016. Quality Assessment of Selected Surface Waters of the Arctic Tundra of Western Siberia in the Context of Climate Change // Chapter 6. Siberia: Ecology, Diversity and Environmental Impact (Editors: Tabitha Robbins). Nova Publishers. New Iork. pp. 187-215

Halicki W., Kochanska M.W. and Kirpotin S.N. 2016. Assessment of Biogenic Substances of Selected Terrestrial Waters in the Northern Part of Western Siberia: Significance for Ecology and Climate Change // Chapter 5. Siberia: Ecology, Diversity and Environmental Impact (Editors: Tabitha Robbins). Nova Publishers. New Iork. pp. 161-186.

Callaghan, T.V., Johansson, M., Pchelintseva, Y., Kirpotin, S.N. 2015. Scientific cooperation throughout the arctic: The INTERACT experience   (Book Chapter) // The New Arctic, Springer International Publishing: 269-289.

Pokrovsky O. S., Shirokova L. S., Kirpotin S. N. 2014. Biogeochemistry of Thermokarst Lakes of Western Siberia. Biogeochemistry Research Trends. Nova Publishers. New Iork. 163 pp.

Remote Study of Thermokarst Lakes Dynamics in West Siberian Permafrost (Yury Polishchuk, Sergey Kirpotin and Natalia Bryksina) pp.173-204 // Chapter 5: Permafrost: Distribution, Composition and Impacts on Infrastructure and Ecosystems. Nova Publishers. New Iork.

Impact of Permafrost Thaw on the Biogeochemistry of the Thermokarst Lakes in Western Siberia: Current Status and Possible Future Changes (O.S. Pokrovsky, L.S. Shirokova, R.M. Manasypov, S.N. Kirpotin, S.P. Kulizhsky and S.N. Vorobiev) pp,236-262 // Chapter 7: Permafrost: Distribution, Composition and Impacts on Infrastructure and Ecosystems. Nova Publishers. New Iork.

Kirpotin S.N., Naumov A .V., Vorobiov S.N., Mironycheva-Tokareva N.P., Kosych N.P., Lapshina E.D., Marquand J., Kulizhski S.P., Bleuten W. 2007. Western-Siberian Peatlands: Indicators of Climate Change and Their Role in Global Carbon Balance // Chapter 33 in Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia / edited by R.Lal, M.Suleimenov, B.A.Stewart, D.O.Hansen, and P.Doraiswamy, Taylor and Francis, Amsterdam, Holland, pp. 453-472.

Kirpotin S.N. 2007. Landscape Ecology with the Fundamentals of Environmental Management. 2-nd edition. Tomsk, Tomsk State University Press, 262 (In Russian).

Kirpotin S.N. 2005. Morphological-Geometrical Approach to Investigation of the Spatial Structure of Natural Bodies: from Organism up to Landscape. Tomsk: TSU Press. 248 pp. (in Russian).

Kirpotin S.N. 2002. Landscape Ecology with the Fundamentals of Environmental Management. Tomsk: 180pp (In Russian).

Kirpotin S., Zemtsov V., Revushkin A., Marquand J. 1998. International Course Curriculum for Masters Degree in Environmental Management. Tomsk. 37. (In Russian).

Kirpotin S. 1998. Ecology of communities: the basic chapters. Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 61 (In Russian).

Kirpotin S. 1997. The geometrical approach to study of spatial structure of natural bodies (symmetry and dissymmetry in alive nature). Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 114. (In Russian).

International Masters Degree Programme on Environmental Management. 2001. Edited by S. Kirpotin, J. Marquand. Tomsk, TSU: 48 pp (In Russian).

 

Peer reviewed articles:

Morgalev, Y.N., Lushchaeva, I.V., Morgaleva, T.G., Kolesnichenko, L.G., Loiko, S.V., Krickov, I.V., Lim, A., Raudina, T.V., Volkova, I.I., Shirokova, L.S., Morgalev, S.Y., Vorobyev, S.N., Kirpotin, S.N., Pokrovsky, O.S. 2017. Bacteria primarily metabolize at the active layer/permafrost border in the peat core from a permafrost region in western Siberia // Polar Biology

Polishchuk, Y.M., Bogdanov, A.N., Polishchuk, V.Y., Manasypov, R.M., Shirokova, L.S., Kirpotin, S.N., Pokrovsky, O.S. 2017. Size distribution, surface coverage, water, carbon, and metal storage of thermokarst lakes in the permafrost zone of the western siberia lowland // Water, Volume 9, Issue 3, Article number 228, DOI: 10.3390/w9030228

Pokrovsky, O.S., Manasypov, R.M., Loiko, S.V., Krickov, I.A., Kopysov, S.G., Kolesnichenko, L.G., Vorobyev, S.N., Kirpotin, S.N. 2016. Trace element transport in western Siberian rivers across a permafrost gradient // Biogeosciences, Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 1877-1900

Alekseychik Pavel, Lappalainen Hanna K., Petäjä Tuukka, Zaitseva Nina, Heimann Martin, Laurila Tuomas, Lihavainen Heikki, Asmi Eija, Arshinov Mikhail, Shevchenko Vladimir, Makshtas Alexander, Dubtsov Sergey, Mikhailov Evgeny, Lapshina Elena, Kirpotin Sergey, Kurbatova Yulia, Ding Aijun, Guo Huadong, Park Sungbin, Lavric Joost V., Reum Friedemann, Panov Alexey, Prokushkin Anatoly, Kulmala Markku. 2016. GROUND-BASED STATION NETWORK IN ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC EURASIA: AN OVERVIEW // Geography Environment Sustainability, 2 (09), 75-88.

Rozhkova-Timina IO, Zemtsov VA, Vorobyev SN, Kolesnichenko LG, Loyko SV, Kirpotin SN. The relevance of the contemporary landscape-ecological and biogeochemical studies of the Ob floodplain (Актуальность современных ландшафтно-экологических и биогеохимических исследований поймы реки Обь). Вестн. Том. гос. ун-та. Биология. 2016. № 3 (35): 182-200.

Vasil’chuk Yu.K., Shevchenko V.P., Lisitzin  A.P., Budantseva N.A., Vorobiov S.N., Kirpotin S.N., Krizkov I.V., Manasypov R.M., Pokrovsky O.S., Chizhova Ju.N. 2016. Oxygen isotope and deuterium composition of snow cover on the profile of Western Siberia from Tomsk to the Ob Bay // Doklady Earth Sciences. 2016, Vol. 471, Part 2, P. 1284–1287. WoS. doi: 10.1134/S1028334X1612014X

Pokrovsky, O.S., Manasypov, R.M., Loiko, S., Shirokova, L.S., Krickov, I.A., Pokrovsky, B.G., Kolesnichenko, L.G., Kopysov, S.G., Zemtzov, V.A., Kulizhsky, S.P., Vorobyev, S.N., Kirpotin, S.N. 2015. Permafrost coverage, watershed area and season control of dissolved carbon and major elements in western Siberian rivers // Biogeosciences, 12 (21): 6301-6320. DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-6301-2015

Manasypov R. M., Vorobyev S. N., Loiko S. V., Kritzkov I. V., Shirokova L. S., Shevchenko V. P., Kirpotin S. N., Kulizhsky S. P., Kolesnichenko L. G., Zemtzov V. A., Sinkinov V. V., and Pokrovsky O. S. 2015. Seasonal dynamics of organic carbon and metals in thermokarst lakes from the discontinuous permafrost zone of western Siberia // Biogeosciences, 12, 3009–3028, 2015. www.biogeosciences.net/12/3009/2015/, doi:10.5194/bg-12-3009-2015.

Kirpotin Sergey N., Nemceva Galina G. 2015. Environmental, economic and social risks of nuclear power engineering (the case of the southern part of the Ob-river basin) // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: The great Ob-River basin, 72 (3), pp. 580-591.

Kochanska, M., Halicki, W., Pokrovsky, O.S. & Kirpotin, S.N. 2015. Organic compounds in typical surface waters of the northern part of Western Siberia // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: The great Ob-River basin, 72 (3), pp. 547-556.

Kashpur, V.V., Afanasieva, D.O., Negrul, S.V., Kirpotin, S.N. 2015. Public attitude to the development of nuclear power industry and ecological risks (the case of the Tomsk region) // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: The great Ob-River basin, 72 (3), pp. 592-598.

Halicki W., Kochanska M., Pokrovsky O.S. & Kirpotin S.N. 2015. Assessment of physical properties and pH of selected surface waters in the northern part of Western Siberia // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: The great Ob-River basin, 72 (3), pp. 557-566.

Ozheredov, Yuri I., Ozheredova, Alina Y. and Kirpotin, Sergey N. 2015. Selkup idols made of tree trunks and found on the Tym River // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: The great Ob-River basin, 72 (3), pp. 567-579.

Vorobyev, S.N., Pokrovsky, O.S., Kirpotin, S.N., Kolesnichenko, L.G., Shirokova, L.S., Manasypov, R.M. 2015. Flood zone biogeochemistry of the Ob River middle course // Applied Geochemistry, Volume 63, pp. 133-145.

Pokrovsky, O.S., Manasypov, R.M., Loiko, S., Shirokova, L.S., Krickov, I.A., Pokrovsky, B.G., Kolesnichenko, L.G., Kopysov, S.G., Zemtzov, V.A., Kulizhsky, S.P., Vorobyev, S.N., Kirpotin, S.N. 2015. Permafrost coverage, watershed area and season control of dissolved carbon and major elements in western Siberian rivers // Biogeosciences, 12 (21): 6301-6320. DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-6301-2015

Zakharova E.A., Kouraev A.V., Rémy F., Zemtsov V.A., Kirpotin S. N. 2014. Seasonal variability of the Western Siberia wetlands from satellite radar altimetry. Journal of Hydrology. 512. 366–378. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.002

Pchelintseva Y., Temnikova I. and Kirpotin S. 2014. Nature that is thawing before our eyes: the diary of the second International Aktru Summer School in the Altai Mountains. International Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 71, No. 2, 215–218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2014.896175

Manasypov, R. M., Pokrovsky O. S., Kirpotin S. N., and Shirokova L. S. . 2014. Thermokarst lake waters across the permafrost zones of western Siberia // The Cryosphere, 8, 1177–1193, www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1177/2014/ doi: 10.5194/tc-8-1177-2014

Kirpotin S.N. 2014. Foreword: Western Siberia in a changing climate // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: Western Siberia in a Changing Climate. Volume 71, Number 5, pp. 591-595.

Manasypov R.M., Pokrovsky O.S., Kirpotin S.N., Zinner N.S. 2014. Features of the elemental composition of plants of northern Western Siberian palsas // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: Western Siberia in a Changing Climate. Volume 71, Number 5, pp. 678-685.

Pokrovsky O.S., Shirokova L.S., Manasypov R.M., Kirpotin S.N., Kulizhsky S.P., Kolesnichenko L.G., Loyko S.V., Vorobiev S.N. 2014. Thermokarst lakes of Western Siberia: a complex biogeochemical multidisciplinary approach // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: Western Siberia in a Changing Climate. Volume 71, Number 5, pp. 733-749.

Lozhnikova A.V., Akkerman E.N., Muravyov I.V., Kirpotin S.N. 2014. The ‘tyranny of discounting’ in economic efficiency evaluation of capital investment projects susceptible to ecological and climatic changes //

International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: Western Siberia in a Changing Climate. Volume 71, Number 5, pp. 768-774.

Skrylnikova N.A., Lozhnikova A.V., Muravyov I.V., Kirpotin S.N., Oxheredov Y.I. 2014. Forecasting the local and global socio-economic impact of climate change in the Boreal and Arctic regions of Siberia // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Monograph: Western Siberia in a Changing Climate. Volume 71, Number 5, pp. 774-779.

Manasypov R. M., Pokrovsky O. S., Kirpotin S. N., Shirokova L. S. 2013. Hydrochemical composition of thermokarst lake waters in the permafrost zone of western Siberia within the context of climate change. The Cryosphere Discuss., 7, 5333–5387, www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/7/5333/2013/ doi:10.5194/tcd-7-5333-2013

Shirokova L.S., Pokrovsky O.S., Kirpotin S.N., Desmukh C., Pokrovsky B.G., Audry S., Viers J. 2013. Biogeochemistry of organic carbon, CO2, CH4, and trace elements in thermokarst water bodies in discontinuous permafrost zones of Western Siberia. Biogeochemistry. 113:573–593. DOI 10.1007/s10533-012-9790-4

Shirokova L.S., Pokrovsky O.S., Kirpotin S.N., Desmukh C., Pokrovsky B.G., Audry S., Viers J. 2012. Biogeochemistry of organic carbon, CO2, CH4, and trace elements in thermokarst water bodies in discontinuous permafrost zones of Western Siberia. Biogeochemistry, pp. 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10533-012-9790-4.

Pokrovsky, O.S., Viers, J., Dupré, B., Chabaux, F., Gaillardet, J., Audry, S., Prokushkin, A.S., Shirokova, L.S., Kirpotin, S.N., Lapitsky, S.A., Shevchenko, V.P. 2012. Biogeochemistry of carbon, major and trace elements in watersheds of northern Eurasia drained to the Arctic Ocean: The change of fluxes, sources and mechanisms under the climate warming prospective. Comptes Rendus - Geoscience. 344, pp. 663–677.

Pokrovsky O. S., Shirokova L. S., Kirpotin S. N., Kulizhsky S. P., and Vorobiev S. N. 2013. Impact of western Siberia heat wave 2012 on greenhouse gases and trace metal concentration in thaw lakes of discontinuous permafrost zone. Biogeosciences, 10, 5349–5365, www.biogeosciences.net/10/5349/2013/ doi:10.5194/bg-10-5349-2013.

Manasypov R.M., Kirpotin S.N., Pokrovsky O.S., Shirokova L.S. 2012. Features of the elemental composition of lake water and macrophyte of thermokarst subarctic ecosystems of Western Siberia // Bulletin of the Tomsk State University (Biology). N 3 (19). Tomsk: Tomsk State University. pp. 186-198 (in Russian).

Pokrovsky O.S., Shirokova L.S., Kirpotin S.N. 2012. Microbiological factors controlling the carbon cycle in thermokarst water bodies in Western Siberia // Bulletin of the Tomsk State University (Biology). N 3 (19). Tomsk: Tomsk State University. pp. 199-217 (in Russian).

Kolmakova M.V., Zakharova E.A., Kuraev A.V., Zemtsov V.A., Kirpotin S.N. 2012. Temporal variability of climate and watering in Western Siberia according to data of meteorological stations, model reanalysis and satellite altimetry // Bulletin of the Tomsk State University. N 364. Tomsk: Tomsk State University. pp. 173-180 (in Russian).

Milyaeva E.V., Mahatkov I.D., Ermoloff Y.V., Kirpotin S.N. 2012. Development of flooding along embankments in forest-tundra of Western Siberia // Bulletin of the Tomsk State University. N 365. Tomsk: Tomsk State University. pp. 207-211 (in Russian).

Pokrovsky, O. S., Shirokova, L. S., Kirpotin, S. N., Audry, S., Viers, J., and Dupré, B. 2011. Effect of permafrost thawing on organic carbon and trace element colloidal speciation in the thermokarst lakes of western Siberia, Biogeosciences, 8, 565-583, doi:10.5194/bg-8-565-2011,

Kirpotin S., Polishcuk Y., Bryksina N., Sugaipova A., Kouraev A., Zakharova E., Pokrovsky O., Shirokova L., Kolmakova M., Manassypov R. & Dupre B. 2011.West Siberian palsa peatlands: distribution, typology, cyclic development, present-day climate-driven changes, seasonal hydrology and impact on CO2 cycle // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Volume 68, Issue 5, pp. 1–20.

Zakharova E.A., Kouraev A.V., Biancamaria S., Kolmakova M.V., Mognard N.M., Zemtsov V.A., Kirpotin S.N., Decharme B. 2011. Snow cover and spring flood flow in the northern part of Western Siberia (the Poluy, Nadym, Pur and Taz rivers) // Journal of Hydrometeorology. Vol 12, No 6. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-017.1

Audry S. , Pokrovsky O. S. , Shirokova L. S. , Kirpotin S. N. , and Dupré B. 2011. Organic matter mineralization and trace element post-depositional redistribution in Western Siberia thermokarst lake sediments // Biogeosciences Discuss., 8, 8845-8894, 2011. www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/8/8845/2011/doi:10.5194/bgd-8-8845-2011

Kirpotin S. 2010. Use of symmetry theory in studying the morphogenesis of life forms: the example of the cushion plants// International Journal of Environmental Studies. Volume 67, Issue 3, pp. 383-391.

Volkova I.I., Volkov I.V., Kosykh N.P., Mironycheva-Tokareva N.P., Kirpotina L.V., Zemtsov V.A., Kolmakova M.V., Kouraev A.V., Zakharova E.A., Kirpotin S.N. 2010. High-Land Eshtykyol Lake-Mire System, Mountain Altai // Bulletin of Tomsk State University (Biology). N1(9). Tomsk: Tomsk State University, Pages 118-137.

Kirpotin S. 2009. Foreword: Western Siberia special issue // International Journal of Environmental Studies. 1029-0400, Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 403 – 404.

Kirpotin S., Berezin A., Bazanov V., Polishchuk Y., Vorobiov S., Mironycheva-Tokoreva N., Kosykh N., Volkova I., Dupre B., Pokrovsky O., Kouraev A., Zakharova E., Shirokova L., Mognard N., Biancamaria S., Viers J., Kolmakova M. 2009. Western Siberia wetlands as indicator and regulator of climate change on the global scale // International Journal of Environmental Studies. 1029-0400, Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 409 – 421.

Kirpotin S., Polishchuk Yu., Bryksina N. 2009. Abrupt Changes of Thermokarst Lakes in Western Siberia: Impacts of Climatic Warming on Permafrost Melting // International Journal of Environmental Studies. 1029-0400, Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 423 – 431.

Shirokova L.S., Pokrovsky O.S., Kirpotin S.N., Dupré B. 2009. Heterotrophic bacterio-plankton in thawed lakes of northern part of Western Siberia controls the CO2 flux to the atmosphere // International Journal of Environmental Studies. 1029-0400, Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 433 – 445.

Zakharovaa, E.A., Kouraev, A.V., Kolmakova, M.V.,

Mognard, N.M., Zemtsov V.A., Kirpotin S.N. 2009. The modern hydrological regime of the Northern Western Siberia from in situ and satellite observations // International Journal of Environmental Studies. 1029-0400, Volume 66, Issue 4, pp. 447 – 463.

Kirpotin S., Polishchuk Yu., Zakharova E., Shirokova L., Pokrovsky O., Kolmakova M., Dupre B. 2008. One of Possible Mechanisms of Thermokarst Lakes Drainage in West-Siberian North // International Journal of Environmental Studies. Vol.65, No 5, October 2008, 631-635.

Kirpotin S.N. 2005. Life Forms of Organisms as Patterns of Organisation and Spatial Ecological Factors. Journal of General Biology. Vol. 66. N 2. 239-250 (in Russian).

Kirpotin S. N. 1999. The Challenge of Developing Innovative Teaching Methods in a Russian University. Teaching in Higher Education, Vol. 4, № 3. 415-417.

 

Kirpotin S., Vorobjev S., Chmyz V., Guzynin T., Skoblikov S., Yakovlev A., 1995. Structure and dynamics of vegetative cover of palsas in Nadym-Pur interfluve of West Siberia plain. Botanical Journal, Vol. 80, 8: 29-39. (In Russian).

Kirpotin S. 1994. Coenobiomorphs of the herbaceous layer in the taiga (West Siberia) pine (Pinus sibirica) forests. Botanical Journal, Vol. 79, 8: 86-92. (In Russian).

 

 

Total list of publications consist of 170 references.

 

LANGUAGES

 

Russian:	Mother tongue
English:	Fluent
French:	Basic knowledge