Name

Kuznetsov, Vladislav

Position

Professor

Affiliation

St. Petersburg State University

Higher education

• 2005

Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia

Dr. of Science in Geology and Mineralogy

• 1988

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

PhD in Radiochemistry

• 1977

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

MSc in Radiochemistry

Academic career

• 2014 to present

Head of the Lab. “Geomorphologic and Palaeogeographic researches of Polar regions and the World Ocean”, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 2010

Vice-head of the Lab. “Geomorphologic and Palaeogeographic researches of Polar regions and the World Ocean”, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 2005 to present

Prof. in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Head of the Lab. of Geochronology and Geoecology of Bottom Deposits, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 2003 – 2005

Associate Prof. in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 1992 - 2005

Senior scientist in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 1988 -1992

Research scientist in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 1977 -1988

Research associate in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Teaching activities

• 2005 to present

Lecturer, Prof. in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

1. Dating methods of Quaternary sediments

2. Quaternary geochronometry

3. Regional and applied problems of marine geology

4. The chemical contamination of lithogenous basement

5. The basics of ecological geochemistry

6. Methods of study of the ocean bottom sediments (POMOR)

• 2003-2005

Lecturer, Associate Prof. in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 2000-2003

Invited Lecture, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Current research projects

Radiochemical study of hydrothermal ore at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the aspect of their radioisotope geochronology (the 230Th/U dating method) (Grant of St. Petersburg State University, Russia)

Interdisciplinary geochronological (230Th/U, 230Th, 14C, 210Рb radioisotope dating, micropaleontology) and the geological-geochemical studies of the Quaternary formations as a basis for adequate palaeogeographic and geological reconstructions (Grant of St. Petersburg State University, Russia)

Experimental substantiation of the ²³⁰Th/U method for dating different types of terrestrial sediments for solving problems of the Holocene-Pleistocene chronostratigraphy of the East European Plain and Siberia (RFBR Grant)

Selected publications

Kuznetsov V. Yu. Radiochronology of Quaternary Deposits // St. Petersburg. 2008. 312 p. (In Russian)

Kuznetsov V., Maksimov F. Methods of Quaternary geochronometry in palaeogeography and marine geology // St. Petersburg, Nauka. 2012. 191 p. (In Russian).

Kuznetsov V., Maksimov F., Zheleznov A., Cherkashev G., Bel’tenev V., Lazareva L. ²³⁰Th/U chronology of ore formation within the Semyenov hydrothermal district (13°31’ N) at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge // Geochronometria. 2011. Vol. 38. No. 1. P. 72-76.

Andreas Boerner; Anna Hrynowiecka; Vladislav Kuznetsov; Renata Stachowicz-Rybka; Fedor Maksimov; Vasily Grigoriev; Monika Niska; Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo. Palaeoecological investigations and 230Th/U dating of Eemian interglacial peat sequence of Banzin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, NE-Germany). Quaternary International. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.022

Kuznetsov, Vladislav, Y. Methods of Radiochronology of Quaternary Sediments: Modern Approaches and Results of Studies. In: Russian-German Synergies in the Scientific Exploration of Northern Eurasia and the Adjacent Arctic Ocean. Eds. J. Thiede, W.D. Blümel. Nova Acta Leopoldina. 2014. Vol. 117. No. 339. P. 77-89.

Activities in scientific organizations and associations during the past 5 years

• 2012

Vice-Chairman of Organizing Committee of the Joint Intern. Conf. “Geomorphology and Palaeogeography of Polar Regions”, Leopoldina Symposium and INQUA Peribaltic Working Group Workshop. Saint-Petersburg, SPbGU, 2012.

• since 2011

The member of INQUA Peribaltic Working Group

• 2009

The member of Scientific Committee of the International Conference "Geology, Geography and Ecology of the Ocean”, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 2009

• since 2005

Reviewer for journal articles: Bulletin of St. Petersburg State University

Awards

• 2011

The award of the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation for achievements in science

• 2014

Honorary Employee of Higher Education of the Russian Federation