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2016 POMOR Newsletter Issue No 5, February 2016 www.pomor.spbu.ru 16.04.2016 their motivation and zest for action and be Editorial in touch in the future. We wish them good luck for their further development, whether Traditionally by the turn of the year in their career or in their private life. POMOR releases its Newsletter in order to In 2015, POMOR turned 14 years old. We report about its progress during the last already have educated around 90 students, year or two (or even three), to give the which means about 5500 active teaching graduates and students the opportunity to hours in specific modules, without share their experience with the whole counting the courses of the Core Module, POMOR community and its network, to tutorials and self‐learning, performed by introduce the new students, to show them circa 130 lecturers from at least 15 research the wide palette of possibilities during and institutions in Russia and in Germany. Our after the studies, and just to inform its old alumni network connects Europe and range and new friends about how things are to Canada and Australia. We thank all going and to sum up the achievements. partners and organizations which have In 2014 and 2015, our students (POMOR VI, been supporting us during the last 14 years 2013‐2015) cut their teeth in their first and hope to continue this way in the research expeditions aboard POLARSTERN future. (ARK‐XXVIII/4), VIKTOR BUYNITSKY Nadezhda Kakhro (TRANSDRIFT XXII), EUROFLEETS‐2, on the research station in the delta of Lena UPDATE: POMOR graduates from three groups river (LENA 2014), at the Hydro‐ took part in two significant international events meteorological Observatory Barentsburg held at GEOMAR by the end of January 2016: (SPITZBERGEN‐2014), at the Ecological 11th Workshop on Russian‐German Research Station of Institute of Plant and Cooperation: Laptev Sea System – The Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of RAS, Yamal Transpolar System of the Arctic Ocean peninsula, at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic and Sea Research Warnemuende (IOW) in Symposium on Biogeochemical Studies Rostock and in the Mock Research Lab at in the Siberian Shelf Seas the University of East Anglia. They presented their results at POMOR Student conference traditionally held at GEOMAR in December every second year during their semester abroad. They learned a lot, met new interesting people and found new motivation and challenges during their semester in Germany studying at Hamburg University (2), Bremen University (3), Kiel University (3) and Potsdam University (2). Bremen University offered this year in addition to the usual program in Marine L to r: Irina Kryukova (POMOR IV), Mikhail Makhotin Biology another one, in Marine (POMOR I), Anna Kudriavtseva (POMOR VI), Ekaterina Geosciences. POMOR VI worked hard to Ponomarenko (POMOR VI), Mariia Petrova (POMOR VI), Anastasia Zhuravleva (POMOR IV) and Aleksey Buinyi achieve what they were aiming for and (POMOR VI). Photo by Aleksey Buinyi built a real team. Hopefully they’ll keep 1 Content NEWS AND FACTS 2014‐2015 page 3 MASTER AWARD 2015 page 6 POMOR VII (2015‐2017): WHO IS WHO page 9 ALUMNI 2004‐2013 page 14 DRIFTING ICE STATION SP 2015: OLEG ZHADEN ON AN ICE FLOE page 16 THE THIRD YOUTH FORUM OF THE PETERSBURGER DIALOG by Mariia Petrova page 18 OLYMPIC GAMES 2014 IN SOCHI by Kseniia Simonenkova page 19 PAST GATEWAYS by Ekaterina Kaparulina page 20 A FEW TRAILS by Daria Elkina page 22 MY JOURNEY TO A DOCTORATE DEGREE by Valeriia Kirillova page 23 OFF‐SHORE GREENLAND by Victoria Afanasyeva page 25 2 News and facts 20114‐2015 February 2014 •Brown bag seminar #2. •Open door day for school leavers and bachelor students March 2014 •Lectures by Professor Dullo (CAU, GEOMAR)andDr.Dehghani (UHH) •POMOR presentsthe3d lecture in the framee of KÖPPEN International Seminar Seriess Cold‐water corals and cold‐ water coral reefs in the Atlantic by Professor Dullo April 2014 •Lectures by Professor Pfeiffer (UHH) and Professor Hubberten (U Potsdam, AWI) •POMOR presentsthe4th lecture in the frame of KÖPPEN International Seminar Series PedodiversityandCarbon Pools of permafrost affected Soils in the Lena Delta by Professor Pfeiffer •OlgaKuvshinova (POMOR V) participates in the Science Slam in Saint Petersburg Mai 2014 •Lectures by Professor von Bodungen (IOW), Professor Böttcher (IOW), Professor Burger (FU Berlin), and Dr. Dilling (U HB) •Initial safety training for students •POMOR VI preseents the Roundtable"TheArctic Time“ during the 10th Big Geographic Festival at the Institute of Earth Sciences •POMOR presentsthe5th lectureintheframe of KÖPPEN International Seminar Series Phosphorus ( P ) – Soon a Limiting Factor for Food Production and Life? by Professor Bodo von Bodungen June 2014 •Lectures by Professor Fröhle (TUHH) and Diipl.‐Ing. Salecker (TUHH) •End of the Summer Semester 2014. Exam period •PhD defence by Iuliia Antsibor (POMOR III) at Hamburg University July 2014 • Application deadline for the wiinter semester at German partner universities (Hamburrg, Bremen, Kiel, Potsdam) •Field practice August ‐ September 2014 •Field practice Octobber 2014 •Start of the winter semester at German partner universities December 2014 •POMOR Student conference at GEOMAR 3 February 2015 •Exam period at German partner universities March 2015 •Return to SPbU. Recognition ofacademicrecords •POMOR presentation at the Begin Group edducation fair in Saint Petersburg April 2015 •Start of the Master theses •Master Program Open door day at the Russian Geographic Society, Saint Peterburg April ‐ June 2015 •SPbU calls for applications for POMOR VII (2015‐2017) May ‐ July 2015 •Students' stays at research institutions in Germany (work onMastertheses) August 2015 •Submission of the Master theses September 2015 •2015 Student Initiation Ceremony for POMOR VII •Orientation Days for POMOR VII •Master theses deefence for POMOR VI October 2015 •POMOR alumni participate in the 3rd Youth Forum of the Petersburger Dialog in Mosccow •Semester start for POMOR VII (specific modules) •Master Award for POMOR VI •POMOR is presented at the 20th Russian‐German Bilateral Meeting within the Agreement on Cooperation in polar and marine research between BMBF and Minobrnauki November 2015 •Lectures by Professor Burchard (IOW) and Professor Bathmann (IOW) January 2016 •Lectures by Professor Stein (U HB, AWI) and Dr. Kassens (GEOMAR) •End of the WS 2015/16. Exam period 4 New lecturers in POMOR Secretariat 2015/2016 in Saint Petersburg Module 1: After almost three successful years at POMOR and taking care of two POMOR Course 1.1. Marine sediments and polar groups and the intake 2015, Ksenia sedimentation processes (practical part and Samusenko has made the next career step lab work) – Dr. Robert Spielhagen and is now leading the Directorate of (GEOMAR) education programs at the Faculty of Course 1.3. Methods of seafloor mapping Biology, SPbU: (shared) and Course 1.5. Marine „It has been a pleasure being a part of geotechnology – Dr. German Leitchenkov POMOR team. I've really enjoyed the time I (VNIIO) have spent working here. I’ve met so many Module 3: different interesting people from science and I’m grateful for this unique opportunity. I Course 3.5. Ecological regulation of impacts will continue working at University, and I on ecosystems – Dr. Irina Arestova (SPbU) hope my work will help to make the organization of study process easier, more Course 3.6. Biology and geoecology of polar intelligible and successful. I would like to regions – Dr. Alla Yurova (NIERSC) wish POMOR students to be intellectually Course 3.8. Geoecology of Arctic shelf seas curious and passionate. Please, enjoy your and utilisation of marine natural resources time on the Program, take any (even the in polar regions – Dr. Daria Ryabchuk smallest) chance and believe in yourself!” (SPbU) and Dr. Vladimir Zhamoida (SPbU) We thank Ksenia cordially for her Core Module: contribution to POMOR development and wish her all the best on her way. Course CM 4. Introduction GIS – Dr. E. Panidi (SPbU) From February 1, 2016 POMOR Secretariat at the SPbU is led by Victoria Margieva, a new member in our team. Victoria graduated from Saint Petersburg State You can download the complete Module University, Faculty of Geography and Handbook here: Geoecology in 2013. She successfully http://pomor.spbu.ru/assets/userfiles/POM completed an internship at the Ministry OR_Modulhandbuch_10042013.pdf Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and also holds a Master degree in Economics. Victoria has been and find lecturers’ CVs here: working for SPbU for three years. We asked http://pomor.spbu.ru/learning/academic‐ her why she chose POMOR: “For me, staff/ working for POMOR is a great experience of international partnership in the field of education”. Welcome! 5 NK: What has impressed you most during Master Award your studies? Why? 2015 Evgeny Ivanov: First of all, I was impressed, how many leading people in science are involved in this program. Then, how much attention is paid to us, to make Ten POMOR graduates were awarded us feel good during the education process. Master of Science of Hamburg University Then, a scholarship provided by partner and Master of Ecology and Nature organizations and ministries allowed us to Management of Saint Petersburg State organize a summer practice and to spend a University on October 19, 2015. The award semester in Germany. traditionally took place in the Peter Hall of Saint Petersburg State University. The Liliya Khatmullina: It was the award was led by Director of the Institute TRANSDRIFT expedition to the Laptev sea of Earth Sciences Professor Sergey V. I participated in, because it was the first Aplonov and POMOR administration from and hopefully not the last experience of the Russian and the German side. being and working aboard a research vessel Graduates 2015, their parents and friends, somewhere far far away in the middle of new POMOR VII, POMOR alumni 2011 and stormy Arctic seas.