Position

Education, scientific degrees and titles

• 1981  - MSc in Geophysics, Leningrad Mining Institute
• 1999 - Candidate in earth sciences, Geophysics (equivalent of Ph.D.), VNIIOkeangeologia
• 2013 - Doctor of science, Tectonics and Geodynamics, Moscow State University

Research IDs

• The detailed list of publications and grants in the Pure system
• Scopus ID

Research interests

Key publications

1. Kennicutt II M.C., Chown S…. Leitchenkov G. et al. 2014. Six priorities for Antarctic science. Nature Comments. Vol. 512. P. 23–25.
2. Leitchenkov G.L., Guseva Yu. B., Gandyukhin V.V. & Ivanov S.V. (2015). Crustal structure, tectonic evolution and seismic stratigraphy of the Southern Indian Ocean. St.-Petersburg. VNIIOkeangeologia. 200 p. (In Russian with Abstract and figure caption in English).
3. Leitchenkov G., Antonov A., Luneov P., Lipenkov V. 2016. Geology and environments of subglacial Lake Vostok.Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. Vol. 374, 20140303. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0303).
4. Paxman G.J.G, Jamieson S.S.R, Ferraccioli F., Bentley M.J., Ross N., Watts A.B., Leitchenkov G., Armadillo E. Yongs D. 2019.  The role of lithospheric flexure in the landscape evolution of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin and Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica. Journ. Geoph. Res. 10.1029/2018JF004705.
5. Paxman G.J.G., Jamieson S.S.R., Hochmuth K., Gohl K., Bentley M.J., Leitchenkov G., Ferraccioli F. 2019.  Reconstructions of Antarctic topography since the Eocene–Oligocene Boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol. 535. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109346.

The Head of Current Research Fundings

• Project of Russian Science Foundation 2016-2020 “Deep structure, thermal evolution and magmatism of the East Antarctic transitional zones and adjacent oceans”
• Project of Russian Foundation for Basic Research “Late Cenozoic Environmental Changes in the North-Western Weddell Sea (West Antarctica)”

Awards and honors

• 1999 - Honorary Diploma (Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology,
• 2006 - Medal of Merit II (Russian Federation);
• 2010 - Honorary Prospector (Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Russian Federation);
• 2017 - Honorary Polar Explorer (Ministry of Transport, Russian Federation)
• 2018 - Prize of Government of St-Petersburg (Russia) for scientific achievements

Other professional activities

• Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean (VNIIOkeangeologia); 
• Deputy Director General, Head of department

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