Elena Izhitskaya

Education:

2012  – present time – part-time postgraduate study at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Thesis “Methane distribution in the Russian sector of the northeastern part of the Black Sea.”
2007 – 2012 years – Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, specialty “Oceanology”. Thesis "Formation of methane fields in the north-eastern part of the Black Sea."

Workexperience:

16.07.2012 – present time – junior researcher, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Participation in research expeditions, work in laboratory using specialized equipment and chemicals, development of methods of evaluation of methane concentrations in water and sediments, writing scientific articles.
01.11.2011 – 30.12.2011 – engineer, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Learning the basics of gas-chromatographic analysis.
24.06.2010 – 29.07.2010 – technician, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography. Working with arrays of meteorological data.
01.06.2010 – 01.08.2010 – participation in the project of Ministry of Education and Science "Scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia". Research of the structure and dynamics of waters of the Baltic Sea near the Semba Peninsula.

Scientificinterests:

Concentration of dissolved methane in water ecosystems, impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on methane formation and accumulation in waters of seas and rivers and in the upper layer of bottom sediments.