Doctor of Science, principal research scientist, Laboratory of Soil Erosion & Fluvial Processes,  Faculty  of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Specialization Fluvial geomorphology, soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river basins, global erosion assessment, radioecology and environment sciences.

International scientific activity – vice-president of World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), Member of Steering Committee “International Sediment Initiative” (UNESCO), member of World Association of Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER) Council, expert of FAO/IAEA division of International Atomic Energy Agency, former vice-president, elected-president, president and past-president International Commission of Continental Erosion of International Association of Hydrological Sciences, member of editorial board of International Soil and Water Conservation Research (ISWCR).