Dr. Eldar A. Kurbanov

Professor at the Chair of Forestry and Forest Management, Head of the Department of International Cooperation Head of the Centre of Sustainable Forest Management and Remote Sensing

E-mail: kurbanovea@volgatech.net

Academic positions at Volga Tech:

Head of Centre of Sustainable Forest Management and Remote Sensing, 2004 - present

Head of International Relations Department, 2006- present

Professor of the forestry department of Volga Tech, 2006 – present.

Education:

Institution                                   Years attended           Degree                    Major Field

Mari Polytechnic Institute           1984 – 1989        Engineer                      Forestry
Mari Polytechnic Institute           1990 – 1994        Candidate in science   Forest inventory

Mari State Technical University 1999 – 2003        Doctor in science         Forest inventory

                                                                                                                     and forestry    

Supervision:

• Master’s degree students of forestry major and graduate students in forest management.

• Master’s program “International cooperation in ecology and nature management” and “International cooperation in forestry”.

• PhD dissertations of 06.03.02 major (Silviculture, forestry, forest assessment and forest inventory).

Membership:

• Dissertation council Д212.115.03 at Volga Tech.

• Higher Examination Commission of Russian Federation in “Agronomy and Forestry” (Moscow, Russian Federation).

• Associate member of European Forest Institute (Joensuu, Finland).

• International Union of forest research organizations (UFRO), (Vienna, Austria).

• LEAD International (London, UK).

Scholarships:

• European Forest Institute 1997.

• Lead International 1997-1999; 2001,

• Fulbright 1999-2000; 2003-2004.

• MacArthur foundation 1995; 2002.

• Finnish Science Academy 2002.

• EU Tempus 2003.

• Ministry of science and education of Russian Federation, 2006.

• Moscow School of Management Skolkovo’s program “New Leaders of Higher Education”, 2012-2013.

Coordination of EU TEMPUS projects:

• Promotion of Sustainable Forestry in Povolgie of Russia” (2003-2005).

• Training, Networking and Capacity Building for Sustainable Forest Management in Povolgie (2006-2009).

• Qualifications Framework for Sustainable Forestry and Lifelong Learning” (2011-2014).

Teaching:

• Remote sensing in forestry and ecology.

• International forestry.

• International cooperation in ecology and nature management.

Research area:

• Remote sensing applications in forestry and ecology,

• Estimation of forest ecosystems as a factor of sustainable development.

Journal Editorial responsibilities.

Chairman of the editorial council, “Vestnik of Volga Tech”, 2013 - present

Author of more than 140 research papers, 4 monographs, 4 study guides, more than 30 articles are published in foreign editions.

Some publications

1.      Vorobiev. O. Satellite monitoring of subsurface resources management in Mari El Republic / O. Vorobiev, E. Kurbanov // Geomatics. – Moscow: “Covzond”. – № 1. – 2015. – p. 45-52.

2.      Vorobiev, O. Remote sensing monitoring of urban forests / O. Vorobiev, E. Kurbanov, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova, E. Demisheva // Vestnik of Volga Tech. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: Volga Tech. №1(25) – 2015. - p.5-21.

3.      Vorobiev, O. Diagnosis methods of forest stands damage level after fires in 2010 in Middle Volga / O. Vorobiev, E. Kurbanov, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova, E. Demisheva // Current Problems in Remote Sensing of the Earth from Space. – 2014. - № 4 (11). – p. 217-229.

4.      Kurbanov, E. Forestry. International forest management: Study Guide, recommended by ERO on forestry for students of higher education institutes training in forest management. / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev / VolgaTech. - Yoshkar-Ola, 2014. - p.254.

5.      Kurbanov, E. Qualifications Framework for the Sustainable Forestry / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev // EFI news. – 2014. – № 2 (22). – p. 23.

6.      Kurbanov, E. Experience of sectoral qualifications framework development in Russian forestry within international Tempus SUFAREL project / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev // Education and Science. - 2014. – № 5.– p. 93-105.

7.      Vorobiev, O. Experience of using RapidEye images for assessment of natural resources management in Mari El Republic / O. Vorobiev, E. Kurbanov // Geomatics. - Moscow: “Covzond”. – № 1. – 2014. – p. 80-86.

8.      Kurbanov, E. Four decades of forest research with use of Landsat images / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev, A. Gubaev, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova, E. Demisheva // Vestnik of Volga Tech. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: Volga Tech. №1(21) – 2014. - p.18-32.

9.      Vorobiev, O.. Remote sensing monitoring of vegetation cover conditions in Mari El Republic with the use of ENVISAT MERIS / O. Vorobiev, E. Kurbanov // Vestnik of Moscow State Forest University – Moscow: Moscow State Forest University. - № 7(99). – 2013. – p. 42–45.

10. Kurbanov, E. Thematic mapping and stratification of Mari El Zavolgie forests with Landsat satellite images / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev, S. Nezamaev, A. Gubaev, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova // Vestnik of VolgaTech. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: MarSTU. №3 – 2013. p.72-82.

11. Kurbanov, E. Estimation of forest contamination by the waste of silicate production on Rapid Eye image. / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova // Current Problems in Remote Sensing of the Earth from Space. – 2013. V.10 - № 2. – p. 88-97.

12. Kurbanov, E. Comparasion analysis of satellite images of high resolution for interpretation of forests contaminated by wastes of silicate production/ E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev, Y. Polevshchikova, S. Nezamaev, E. Demisheva // Vestnik of MarSTU. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: Volgatech. - №2 – 2013. - p.74-90.

13. Kurbanov, E. Assessment of Chuvashia burnt forest areas with remote sensing / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova // Vestnik IrGSCHA. - № 54. – 2013. – p. 80-97.

14. Vorobiev, O. Remote sensing monitoring of burnt forest areas in Mari El Zavolgie / O. Vorobiev, E. Kurbanov, A. Gubaev, S. Lezhnin, Y. Polevshchikova // Vestnik of MarSTU. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: Volga Tech. - №1 – 2012. p.12-22.

15. Kurbanov, E. Remote sensing monitoring of forest disturbances, reforestation, and afforestation in Mari Zavolgie / E. Kurbanov, T. Nureeva, O. Vorobiev, A. Gubaev, S. Lezhnin, T. Miftanov, S. Nezamaev, Y. Polevshchikova // Vestnik of MarSTU. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: MarSTU. - №3 – 2011. - p.17-24.

16. Kurbanov, E. National parks forest vegetation cover in the wext coast of the USA / E. Kurbanov, M. Yatskov, O. Vorobiev, A. Gubaev, S. Lezhnin // Vestnik of MarSTU. Series: “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: MarSTU. - №1 – 2011.- p.99-107.

17. Kurbanov, E. Estimation of afforetation on abandoned lagricultural ands in Mari El by satellite images / E. Kurbanov, O. Vorobiev, A. Gubaev, S .Lezhnin, S. Nezamaev, T. Alexandrova // Vestnik of MarSTU. Series “Forest. Ecology. Nature Management.” - Yoshkar-Ola: MarSTU. -№2(9) - 2010. - p.14-20.

19. Kurbanov, E. Modeling of  carbon budget in forest stands on the example of pine forests in Povolgie region. Lesnoy zhurnal. 2009. № 2. — 7-15 pp.

20. Kurbanov, E., O. Vorobiev. 2008. Spatial distribution of the woody coarse debris in pine stands of Mari El Zavolgie, Ecology. № 2, p. 103-109.

21. Kurbanov, E. et al. 2007. Carbon sequestration after pine afforestation on marginal lands in the Povolgie region of Russia: A case study of the potential for a Joint Implementation activity. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2007, № 22: 488-499.

22. Kurbanov, E. Forest plantations of the Kyoto protocol. Yoshkar-Ola, 2007. 184 p.

Дата публикации: 15.02.2016