Teaching courses

• Geoecological monitoring
• Methods of geoecological monitoring
• Field environmental research
• Fundamentals of biogeochemistry
• Automatic data processing in nature management

Position

Education, scientific degrees and titles

• 2001, Bachelor of Ecology and Nature Management, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Geoecology and Nature Management;
• 2003, Master of Ecology and Nature Management, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Geoecology and Nature Management;
• 2006, postgraduate study, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Geoecology and Nature  Management;
• 2017, Ph.D. (geographical sciences), Indicators of anthropogenic load on natural complexes in the development of oil and gas condensate fields in the north of Western Siberia

Research IDs

• The detailed list of publications and grants in the Pure system
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Research interests

Key publications

1. Opekunova M., Opekunov A., Somov V., Kukushkin S., Papyan E., 2020. Transformation of metal migration and the biogeochemical cycle under the influence of copper mining (South Urals). Catena, Vol. 189, 104512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104512. (JCR Q1 4,149;
2. Opekunova M.G., Opekunov A.Yu, Kukushkin S.Yu, Ganul A.G. Background Contents of Heavy Metals in Soils and Bottom Sediments in the North of Western Siberia / Eurasian Soil Science, 2019, Vol. 52, № 4, pp. 380–395. DOI:10.1134/S106422931902011X
3. Kukushkin S. Yu, Opekunova M. G., Opekunov A.Yu. // ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AREAS IN THE YAMAL-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT. Scientific works of the North-West Management Institute RANHiGS. 2019.Vol. 10. No. 4 (41). S. 70-76
4. Opekunova M.G., Opekunov A.Yu, Kukushkin S.Yu, Arestova I.Yu. Evaluation of Environmental Transformation in Areas of Hydrocarbon Deposits in the North of Western Siberia / Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2018, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 99–110. DOI:10.1134/S1995425518010109
5. Opekunova M.G., Opekunov A.Yu., Arestova, I.Y.,  Kukushkin S.Yu., Sheynerman, N.A., Nedbaev, I.S. Use of bioindication and biotesting methods in assessing the ecological state of the territory of gas condensate deposits in the north of Western Siberia / Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences. 2018. 63(3), с. 326-344.

The Head of Current Research Fundings

• RFBR grant 19-29-05081 “Soils of oil and gas areas in the north of Western Siberia: resistance to chemical pollution and the potential for self-purification in a changing climate». (2019-2021)

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