Teaching courses

• Methods of Quaternary Deposits Research,
• Methods of Geochemical Studies of  Geology and Ecology,
• Geomorphological Aspects of Geoecology

Position

Education, scientific degrees and titles

Education

• 1995-2001 Bachelor of Science in Geology, St. Petersburg State University
• 2001-2003 Master of Science in Geochemistry, St. Petersburg State University
• 2003-2007 Philosophy Doctor in Geochemistry, St. Petersburg State University
• 2013-2015 Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University

Career history

• 2003-2006 Geochemist, “GeoTest”, Russia
• 2006-2010 Chief Geochemist, Tellur NW LLC, Russia
• 2010-2011 Senior Geochemist, Andam International LLC, Oman
• 2011-2015 Senior Geochemist, Nova Technologies, Russia
• 2007- present Senior researcher, Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Field Experience

The Cola Peninsula, Transbaikalia, Saratov, Perm and Khazan provinces of Russia, as well as Vietnam, Oman, and Uzbekistan

Research IDs

• Pure
• Scopus ID

Research interests

Key publications

1. Kuznetsov V., Tabuns E., Kuksa K., Cherkashov G., Maksimov F., Bel’tenev V., Lazareva L., Zherebtsov I., Grigoriev V., Baranova N. The oldest seafloor massive sulphide deposits at the  Mid-Atlantic ridge: 230Th/U chronology and geochemistry // Geochronometria, 2015, v.42, p.100–106
2. Cherkashov G., Kuznetsov V., Kuksa K., Tabuns E., Maksimov F., Bel'tenev V. Sulfide geochronology along the Northern Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge // Ore Geology Reviews, 2017, v,87, p.147-154
3. Sokolov P., Kuksa K., Marakhovskaya O., Gussias G.A. (2019) In search of cobalt blue spinel in Vietnam // In Color Summer, 43, 43–49.
4. Kuksa K.A., Sokolov P.B., Marakhovskaya O.Yu., Gussias G.A., Brownscombe W. Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the Luc Yen noble spinel deposit, Vietnam // Mineralogy 5(3) 2019, с.47-60
5. Kuksa K., Cherkashev G., Maslennikov V., Firstova A., Kuznetsov V., Bel’tenev V. Temporal geochemical evolution of Pobeda hydrothermal sulfide system // Goldschmidt2019 Abstract, 18-24 August 2019, Barselona, Spain
6. Kuznetsov, V.Yu., Cherkashov, G., Kuksa, K., Firstova, A., Maksimov, F., Bel’tenev., V., Lazareva, L., Levchenko, S., Baranova, N., 2020. Chronology of seafloor massive sulfides formation within the Pobeda hydrothermal cluster (MAR). Geochronometria 47:63-70
7. Kuksa K., Bich A., Cherkashov G., Firstova A., Kuznetsov V., Bel’tenev V. Mass-wasting processes input in proximal metalliferous sediments: a case study of Pobeda hydrothermal cluster // Marine Geology, 2021 (438) 106517

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