Scientific Coordinator

Doctor of Biology, Professor

Born on September 20, 1948

1971

Graduated from the Biology and Soil Faculty of Leningrad State University

1971-1993

Worked at the Institute of Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Vladivostok), starting as a research intern and finishing as the Deputy Scientific Director

1993-1996

Member of the State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the first convocation

1996-2000

Member of the State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science, Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Management of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the second convocation

2000

State Secretary, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation

2000-2002

President of the Union of Scientific Societies of Russia

2002

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai

2002-2005

Vice Governor of Primorsky Krai (representative in Moscow)

2005-2008

Deputy Director of the Department of Fisheries Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

2008-2009

Adviser to the Head of the State Committee for Fisheries of the Russian Federation

2009-2012

First Deputy Director of VNIRO

December 2012 - February 2017

Director of VNIRO

February 2017 – present 

Scientific Coordinator of VNIRO

2001 – present 

Professor of the Department of Ichthyology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (part-time)

Awards

• Certificate of Commendation of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (2009)
• II Class Medal "For Merits in the development of the Russian fisheries" (2011)
• I Class Medal "For Merits in the development of the Russian fisheries" (2014)
• Certificate of Honor of VNIRO (2017)
• The title of "Honorary Worker of the Fisheries of Russia" (2019)

Deputy Scientific Director, Director of the Department of Fisheries Regulation

Born on August 6, 1968

III Class State Councilor of the Russian Federation

1991

Graduated from the Astrakhan Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Agriculture with a degree in fisheries biology

Until 2011, he worked in commercial organizations

2011-2017

Worked in the Federal Agency for Fisheries, starting as a chief specialist-expert of the Fishery Amelioration and Acclimatisation Division of the Aquaculture Department, later being appointed Deputy Head of the Department - Head of the Expeditionary Research of Aquatic Biological Resources and TCA Preparation Division of the Science and Education Department

October 2018 – present

Adviser to the Director, Deputy Scientific Director at VNIRO

Awards:

• Certificate of Honor of VNIRO (2019)
• Certificate of Merit of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (2013)
• II Class Medal "For merits in the development of the Russian fisheries" of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (2022)
• Certificate of Commendation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2014)

Deputy Scientific Director, Director of the Department of Commercial Aquatic Organisms

Born on December 4, 1959

Doctor of Biology

More than 100 scientific publications, including 4 monographs, two patents

1982

Graduated with honors from the Biological Faculty of Moscow State University with a degree in Zoology and Botany

1982-1986

Studied at the VNIRO full-time postgraduate school. During his postgraduate studies took part in long-range oceanic expeditions to the Pacific and Indian Oceans

1986-1992

Junior researcher at the Laboratory of Commercial Invertebrates of VNIRO

1991

Defended his PhD thesis on "Comparative morphology and anatomy of squid gladiuses of the family Ommastrephidae"

1993-1999

Organized and led VNIRO resource studies of squid in the Bering Sea, as a result of which the Commander's squid stock was estimated and its exploitation started in the Bering Sea 

He has consistently held the positions of junior, senior and leading researcher in the Laboratory of commercial invertebrates and algae.

2001-2002

Worked as a scientific observer in the Fisheries Department of the Falkland Islands

Since 2002he resumed work at VNIRO. 

2006

Became the Head of the Laboratory of Commercial Invertebrates and Algae 

2008

Defended his doctoral dissertation on "Evolution of the shell of cephalopods (cl. Cephalopoda)" with a degree in Zoology

2009-2012

Head of the Division of Commercial Hydrobiology of VNIRO

2012-2018

Deputy Director of VNIRO 

November 2018 – present

Deputy Scientific Director of VNIRO

Awards

• Acknowledgement of VNIRO (1993)
• Title ‘Honored Worker of VNIRO’ (2003)
• Certificate of Honor of the Federal Academy of Natural Resources (2006)
• II Class Medal ‘For Merits in the Development of the Russian Fisheries’ degree (2013)
• Title ‘Honored Worker of the Fishery of Russia’ (2019)
• Title ‘Honored Fishery Worker of the Russian Federation’ (2022)

В настоящий момент завершилась погрузка белух и косаток на судно, на котором они отправятся по Амуру дальше к пункту выпуска.

Члены Научного консилиума раскритиковали заявления российских представителей команды Кусто.

В I Всероссийском съезде селекционеров в области животноводства, состоявшемся в Москве 25-26 апреля, приняли участие представители ФГБНУ «ВНИРО».

Инновационные проекты в сфере рыбоводства и хранения рыбной продукции представлены заместителю министра сельского хозяйства России – руководителю Росрыболовства Илье Шестакову на встрече с резидентами фонда «Сколково».

В Москве прошло заседания консилиума ученых, на котором были заслушаны отчеты рабочих групп по оценке состоянии здоровья млекопитающих и условий их содержания.

Тысячу годовиков белого толстолобика выпустил в Цимлянское водохранилище Азово-Черноморский филиал ФГБНУ «ВНИРО» («АзНИИРХ») 22 апреля в рамках благотворительной акции.