Kunitsky      


Viktor Kunitsky, D.Sc.


Principal Research Scientist, Laboratory of General Geocryology


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Author ID: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=61294
Scopus ID: 6505875684




Tel.: 7-4112-390811

Email: kunitsky@mpi.ysn.ru


Degrees

  • D.Sc. (Geography), Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, 2007. Dissertation: Nival Lithogenesis and Ice Complex in Yakutia
  • Ph.D. (Geography), Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, 1987. Dissertation: The Role of Glaciers and Snowpatches in Formation of Cryolithogenic Deposits in the Lower Lena Area
  • M.S. (Physical Geography), Moscow State University, 1964


Research Interests

  • Regional geocryology
  • Cryolithology
  • Periglacial geomorphology
  • Permafrost-facies analysis
  • Nivation
  • Glacial processes
  • Quaternary Period in Siberia and Northeast Russia


Current Projects

  • SB RAS Basic Research Project, 2021-2025: Permafrost Degradation and Landform Transformation in Coastal and Offshore Areas of the Eastern Russian Arctic: Dynamics, Prediction and Risks (Participant)


Selected Past Projects

  • RFBR Project 18-35-00402, 2018-2020: Structure, Age and Geographical Analysis of Rock Glaciers in the Chersky Range (Co-Investigator)
  • RFBR Project 18-05-70091, 2018-2020: Estimation of Arctic Coastal Erosion and Inputs of Terrigeneous Material and Organic Carbon to the Arctic Basin (Co-Investigator)
  • RFBR Project 18-45-140057, 2018-2020: Subsea Permafrost Degradation Rates and Additional Gas Fluxes from Bottom Sediments to the Atmosphere in Arctic Yakutia in Response to Observed Climate Variations (Co-Investigator)
  • SB RAS Basic Research Project IX.133.1.1, 2017-2020: Evolution of Coastal and Subsea Permafrost in the Laptev and East Siberian Seas – Block 1. Evolution of Subsea Permafrost in the Arctic Seas of East Siberia (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Second Yakutia Expedition Project (MPI), 2017: Comprehensive Investigation and Mapping of the State of Permafrost in Yakutia for Elaborating Scientific Guidelines and Technologies for Socio-Economic Development (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • SB RAS Basic Research Project VIII.77.2.2, 2013-2016. Mountain Glaciations and Permafrost in Continental Areas of Central and Northeastern Asia. Response of Glacial and Periglacial Formations to Recent Changes in Climate – Block 5.3. Permafrost Monitoring Borehole Network for Assessing the Response of Foundation Soils to Climate Change and Human Activities in the City of Yakutsk (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • SB RAS Core Project VIII.75.1.1, 2013-2016. Evolution of the Eastern Russian Arctic Coastal and Subsea Permafrost in a Changing Climate (using the new Samoylov Research Station) (Co-Investigator)
  • SB RAS Core Project VII.63.2.4, 2010-2012. The Structure and State of Permafrost in Northern Asia under a Changing Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts
  • SB RAS Core Project 7.10.2.4, 2007–2009. Ice-Rich Permafrost: Structure, Cryogenesis and Development Risks
  • SB RAS Core Project 24.4.1, 2004–2006. Processes of the Formation and Degradation of Cryolithogenic Strata


Field Work

  • 2009-presentMunicipality of Yakutsk area, central Yakutia
  • 2010 August – Batagay area, Yana River basin, northeastern Yakutia
  • 2007 August – Oyogossky Yar coast, northern Yakutia
  • 2005 August-September – Lena Delta, northern Yakutia
  • 2005 April – Mamontov Klyk Cape, northwestern Yakutia, COAST Expedition
  • 2004 July-September – Yakutsk area and Lena Delta
  • 2003 July-August – Mamontov Klyk Cape
  • 2002 September – New Siberian Islands, northern Yakutia
  • 2001 July-September – Porkrovsk and Yakutsk areas
  • 2000 August-September – Chekanovsky Ridge and Olenek Distributary Channel of the Lena River
  • 1999 August-September – Big Lyakhovsky Island, northern Yakutia
  • 1998 July-September – Bykovsky Peninsula, Muostakh Island and Stolbovoy Island, northern Yakutia
  • 1997 August-SeptemberBig Lyakhovsky Island and Laptev Sea coastal area near Tiksi
  • 1996 August-September – Muostakh Island and Laptev Sea coastal area near Tiksi
  • 1995 AugustBykovsky Peninsula and Lena River
  • 1995 June – Berkakit-Yakutsk railroad corridor, central Yakutia
  • 1994 July-AugustKolyma River and Big Lyakhovsky Island
  • 1993 July-September New Siberian Islands
  • 1992 July-August – Bykovsky Peninsula, Dashka Island and Lower Lena area
  • 1991 August – Kolyma River and Lena River
  • 1991 July-August – Lena-Amga watershed, central Yakutia
  • 1990 June-August – Lena River basin, central Yakutia
  • 1987-1989 May-September – Batagay area, Yana River basin
  • 1983 July-September – Lena Delta
  • 1983 April-June – Bykovsky Peninsula, Laptev Sea coastal area
  • 1982 July-September – Lena Delta
  • 1982 April-June – Muostakh Island, Laptev Sea
  • 1981 July – 1982 January – Lena Delta and Tiksi area
  • 1980 June-September – Omoloy River basin, northeastern Yakutia
  • 1979 March-May – Anabar River basin, northwestern Yakutia
  • 1979 November-December – Anabar River basin, northwestern Yakutia
  • 1977 April-October – Taas-Tumus to Yakutsk gas pipeline corridor, central Yakutia
  • 1976 June-September – Lena River basin (Yakutsk-Pokrovsk-Olekminsk-Lensk-Vitim transect), central and southern Yakutia
  • 1973 July-October – Batagay area in the Yana River basin and Tiksi area in the Khorogor River basin
  • 1971 April-October – Taas-Tumus to Yakutsk gas pipeline corridor
  • 1969 July-October – Baikal-Amur Railroad corridor, Irkutsk Region
  • 1968 March-October – Anabar River basin, northwestern Yakutia
  • 1967 March-September – Anabar River basin
  • 1966 April-September – Anabar River basin
  • 1965 June-October – Lena River basin, central Yakutia
  • 1965 April-May – Anabar River basin
  • 1964 September-November – Dudinka to Norilsk gas pipeline corridor, Lower Yenisey River, West Siberia


Memberships and Committee Activity (current)

  • Member, Dissertation Council D 003.025.01
  • Member, MPI Scientific Council


Teaching and Supervising Activities

  • North-Eastern Federal University - research advisor and examination committee member for graduate degrees
  • MPI Post Graduate School – research supervisor (Igor Syromyatnikov, 2000-2003; Valentina Kovaleva, 2004-2007, Anna Urban, 2008-2012).