Vladimir Romanovsky

DepartmentOrganizationEmailPhoneFairbanks , AlaskaUnited StatesBioDr. Vladimir Romanovsky is a Professor Emeritus in Geophysics at the Geophysical Institute and the Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks. He also heads the Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory (www.Permafrostwatch.org). His work involves internationally coordinated research on permafrost temperature changes in Alaska, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. He is also involved in numerical modeling of past, present and future permafrost dynamics and the remote sensing of permafrost and periglacial processes. Vladimir’s research interests include the scientific and practical aspects of environmental and engineering problems involving ice and permafrost. Vladimir is the author of 280+ refereed journal publications, many reports, and book chapters. His scientific publications were cited 3,226 times by various authors in 2020 alone, and the total number of citations of his work is 28,760.

Dr. Romanovsky received his MSc. in Geophysics, MSc. in Mathematics, and Ph.D. in Geology from the Moscow State University in Russia. He also received Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He had several research and teaching positions at the Moscow State University. He moved to Alaska in 1992 and is currently a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Science Specialties

global change, permafrost, soil physics

Current Research

Permafrost geophysics, with particular emphasis on the ground thermal regime, active layer and permafrost processes, and the relationships between permafrost, hydrology, biota, and climate.Scientific and practical aspects of environmental and engineering problems involving ice and permafrost including: problems in the areas of soil physics, thermodynamics, heat and mass flow, and growth and decay processes that are associated with permafrost, subsea permafrost, seasonally frozen ground, and seasonal snow cover.