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Editorial
We’re very glad to start this spring with a
new issue of the POMOR Newsletter and to
reflect on the past 14 months which were
quite eventful for the POMOR community.
In 2016, the 7th POMOR group successfully
passed all module exams after two
semesters of hard work and with a big
luggage of knowledge. They were lucky to
experience a joint field trip to one of the
most fascinating Arctic places – to
Spitsbergen – as a group and to get to know
each other not only in the classroom or in
comfortable big city surroundings, but
under extraordinary Arctic conditions.
Some students spent several weeks aboard
the Russian and German research vessels
MSTISLAV KELDYSH, HEINCKE and
ALKOR exploring the Russian Arctic, the
Baltic Sea and the North Sea. They
practiced learning by doing aboard working
with various scientific devices and
modeling computer programs. Read more
about the field practice 2017 on page 9.
Some students were lucky to get a
scholarship and to participate in a Summer
School organized by Baltic Earth,
Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre,
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Warnemuende and University of Rostock
after their field trip. Read about this
experience on page 12.
After such a thrilling summer the students
started their studies in Germany. Their
semester abroad began with a joint
welcome meeting at Hamburg University.
The students got a brief introduction to
their third term, met POMOR graduates
living and working in Hamburg and their
fellow students from Hamburg University.
After a literally and metaphorically warm
day spent together in Hamburg they went
to Potsdam (3), Kiel (3) and Bremen (1) or
started with an orientation unit at
Hamburg University (6). Meanwhile, many
of them returned to Russia or were having a
hot time finishing their student projects
and/or passing exams.
The upcoming summer semester will be
very intense for POMOR VII and important
for their future career – the master thesis
will be written. POMOR graduates of 2015
share their experience and give some advice
on how to write a master thesis on page 14.
Despite of the fact that all POMOR
students were in Germany, the POMOR
office in Saint Petersburg is full of life and
opened its doors to a newly implemented
multinational double degree master
program Corelis, initiated by the same
leading universities as POMOR (Hamburg
and Saint Petersburg University) until the
end of March 2017.
The end of 2016 was very significant for
POMOR because its co‐founder,
mastermind and guardian Dr. Heidemarie
Kassens was awarded the Cross of Merit of
the Federal Republic of Germany for her
scientific achievements and her
commitment in the support of young
scientists. This high‐ranking award by the
German President was handed out to Dr.
Kassens in Berlin on December 9, 2016 by
the Federal Minister for Education and
Research Dr. Johanna Wanka. We are really
proud and congratulate Heidi on this
award!
We’re looking forward to the new semester
at Saint Petersburg State University and
keep our finger crossed for our students
and their master theses.
Nadezhda Kakhro
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NEWS AND FACTS 2016‐2017 page 3
KALEIDOSCOPE page 5
FIELD PRACTICE 2016 page 9
MY SPITSBERGEN EXPERIENCE by Darina Terenteva page 10
MARINE EXPEDITION HE‐470 TO THE NORTH SEA by Vladislav Onopko page 11
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION by Tatiana Smelova page 12
YOUR MASTER THESIS: TIPS & TRICKS POMOR VI for POMOR VII page 14
POMOR GRADUATES 2015 page 17
PHD FOLLOW UP page 18
ADMISSION 2017 page 21
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Kaleidoscope
In this issue, we would like to introduce the
new column Kaleidoscope where we’ll
publish rapid fire interviews with different
people from POMOR community.
For this issue, we interviewed four POMOR
graduates who are scientists now and
constantly in touch with POMOR. They
participate regularly in the orientation days
for newcomers and in different round
tables organized by POMOR, give the
students advice, represent POMOR and
build an essential part of the POMOR
network.
Ivan graduated from POMOR in 2009 and
started to work at AARI in the Department of
Oceanology. He participated in many polar
expeditions, amongst others aboard RV
POLARSTERN and in an expedition to the
drifting research station SP (Severniy Polyus,
English: North Pole) lasting nearly five months
(see POMOR Newsletter #5, p. 16‐18). Ivan is a
regular participant of the Youth Forum of
Petersburger Dialog. At the moment he is
studying at the Center for Coastal & Ocean
Mapping / Joint Hydrographic Center in
Durham. In his non‐Arctic life, Ivan is a
professional dancer.
① What are you doing in the US? How did
you come to apply for a GEBCO scholarship?
I’m studying! After all, I’m studying again!
But honestly I have never stopped studying
and will always stay a lifetime student.
There will be enough time for work. I’m
not a very good scientist at the moment or
better to say not a scientist at all, so I’m
working on it and I’ll keep studying until I
become a good one. On the other hand, I’m
already 31 years old. Anyway I won’t lose
heart and will fight to the bitter end. If I
continue that way so maybe I should start
high school again and the thing would turn
better there. Joking apart, I’m studying at
the University of New Hampshire and
spend almost all my time in the Center for
Coastal and Ocean Mapping in the lab. This
lab deals with depth measurements. I have
a lot of lectures every day and a lot of
exercises to do on weekends. Well, there
are practically no weekends in my life.
Geodesy, ocean mapping, top/bathymetric
spatial analysis – these are my courses
during the current term.
How did I come to apply for a GEBCO
scholarship? I don’t know why it’s always
her, but a well‐known Evgenia called
Bazhenova (POMOR 2007‐2009) has been
playing an immense role in my life
beginning with our first encounter on my
very first day at university and our first beer
together on the same day in a tent bar in
front of Kunstkamera via our numerous
field trips during our studies at the
Geological Faculty of Saint Petersburg State
University and my application for POMOR
to my expedition aboard POLARSTERN
and – no prize for guessing – my
application for GEBCO. I’d like to thank her
very very much in this issue of our POMOR
Newsletter. As the saying goes: Meet
people, use people, help people. So do I.
Ivan Ryzhov
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② You have studied and worked a lot on the
international level; what does impress you
most in the US in education and research?
How to describe it briefly? The University
has enough money to pay lecturers who are
experts. I give you an example. I attend
courses of three lecturers whose algorithms
are used worldwide for bathymetrical data
processing. They are Gods of bathymetry!
I’m talking about the laboratory where I
work, I cannot talk about the whole world.
The level of education and science is very
high in the US, in my opinion. But there is
a “but”, too. The education is very
expensive here. Usually bachelors have to
pay tuition, and in my university it’s about
30.000 US dollars p.a. It’s only tuition.
Coming back to myself, I earn here as a
master student 1,5 times more than I
earned on a drifting station on ice, and the
prices are more or less the same. Science is
flourishing.
③ Your funniest / oddest experience in the
Arctic was ...
The night is young, I would say. It is not a
tale yet ‐ the major story lies ahead. Of
course it depends on the people around
you. An expedition may be very difficult,
but if there is someone at your side, maybe
not a friend, but a mate you trust, you’ll
feel great about this difficult expedition.
People are always amazing and non‐
predictable at once.
④ Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I’ll be heading a division.
Anna graduated from POMOR in 2004 and
came to Kiel with a DAAD scholarship for 10
months to start with her PhD research. After a
short break back in Saint Petersburg, she was
invited to complete her PhD thesis at
GEOMAR. After a successful defence at Kiel
University in 2008, she started to work at AARI
and then returned to GEOMAR to work in the
Russian‐German project TRANSDRIFT. Since
2016 Anna has been coordinating the
analytical laboratory of the Russian Research
Center in Barentsburg and spent 6 months on
her longest Arctic expedition on Spitsbergen.
During this time, POMOR students of 2015‐
2017 spent three weeks there, too, working
and learning at the Russian Research Center.
Anna will supervise a POMOR master thesis in
2017. Anna is a real opera fan and loves
music. She is a passionate traveler and a
talented photographer.
① Anna, on which project are you working
currently? What exactly are you doing?
I have no own research project but
participate in many. I currently work for
the Russian Scientific Arctic Expedition on
the Spitsbergen archipelago as what can be
called a scientific coordinator, international
cooperation coordinator and PR manager. I
do a lot of stuff: assess the research
projects, integrate them into one program,
compile reports, find new ideas for
Dr. Anna Nikulina
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cooperation between the working groups,
develop and support international projects
and supervise some of them as well as
overlook the research activity in the
analytical lab, “advertise” the station’s
facilities in Barentsburg and Russian
research activity on Svalbard.
② Why did you choose the Arctic for your
research? Why is the Arctic so fascinating for
you personally?
I made my choice once. Frankly speaking, I
would not mind to work in Kamchatka, the
Caribbean basin or the Antarctic. However,
whenever I try to turn from this road, life
brings me back to the north. I guess the
Arctic chose me. What is drawing me to the
Arctic is its serenity and intensity,
consistency and variability, very special
people you meet, sometimes an inevitable
challenge.
③ You worked in Germany for a long time,
how did this experience influence your current
approach to international cooperation in
science?
I would say the time spent in Germany
formed my approach to international
cooperation. Often researchers have
strange expectations from international
projects, which become a painful issue.
There are many real and imaginary reasons
that hinder the collaborations.
④ You're a busy woman flying around the
Arctic world. How do you relax? What are
your energy sources?
I take my mind off the work by exercising
and swimming, cooking and listening to
audio books. Beauty and talent are the
main sources of inspiration for me. The
ultimate reward is to travel to Italy for
eating ice cream, staring around and
squinting into the sun.
Sofya graduated from Novosibirsk University
and applied for POMOR in 2009. During her
studies at POMOR she participated in a
TRANSDRIFT expedition which was her
“baptism by fire” as a polar researcher.
Afterwards she spent one semester at
Hamburg University and a few months in
Bremerhaven working on her master thesis.
After her graduation from POMOR in 2011,
she got a PhD position at AWI Potsdam.
During her doctoral studies she spent six
months in Canada at the University of
Waterloo and went several times to
Samoilovsky Island in the Lena Delta to carry
out her field research. In January 2017, she
defended her PhD thesis at Heidelberg
University. Sofya is a passionate Sherlock fan
and even went to London to see Benedict
Cumberbatch on stage in a play.
① When and why have you decided to
become a polar researcher? Which were the
most important milestones on this way?
To be honest there was no certain moment
when I decided that I wanted to become a
polar researcher but I guess I always
expected that something extraordinary will
come to my life. Finding the POMOR
Dr. Sofya Antonova
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master program absolutely accidentally was
a true milestone which completely changed
everything in my life.
② On which projects are you currently
working?
Currently I'm working on a project which
deals with applications of radar satellite
imagery for monitoring permafrost
landscapes in the North‐West Territories,
Canada.
③ How do you manage to balance between
Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow,
Petersburg and Potsdam in your life?
My first move to another city happened
when I was 17 and since then I moved about
seven times to different cities and
countries. That means I leave friends every
time when I move and also my friends
move a lot. It just opens so many
possibilities for traveling and there are so
many places in the world where I know I
can always crash at a friend’s. On the other
hand, of course, it is emotionally
exhausting as well as time‐ and money‐
consuming.
An interesting story: I started my work at
AWI Potsdam and had no idea that the new
Research Station "Samoilovsky Island" in
the Lena Delta (where I conducted field
measurements for my PhD project) would
belong to the Novosibirsk Institute of
Petroleum Geology and Geophysics and a
close collaboration between Novosibirsk
Akademgorodok (where I graduated before
POMOR) and AWI would begin. The circle
has closed!
④ The most fascinating fact about your job
is...
that I can select myself how, when and
where I can do my work and what work
that would be.
Mikhail was in the first POMOR group
and graduated in 2004. Since 2004 he
has been working at the AARI and is
now heading the Laboratory for
Hydrological regime, Department of
Oceanology. He participated in 18
marine and land expeditions. Now he is
working on his PhD thesis entitled “The
circulation of Pacific‐origin water in the
Arctic Ocean”.
① Misha, tell us about your current research
project
We participated in the first joint call of the
Russian Ministry for Education and Science
and the German Ministry for Education and
Research on projects in the field of polar
and marine research, and our proposal was
accepted. The project, which will be carried
out together with our German colleagues, is
called CATS (The Changing Arctic
Transpolar System). I’m coordinating the
project task for hydrography and water
mass formation in the Laptev Sea within
the project from the Russian side. This task
will focus on the current status of the
Laptev Sea and its comparison with the
climatic mean.
Mikhail Makhotin
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② How to become a polar researcher? Why
did you choose this path?
During my studies at POMOR I spent my
field practice aboard the icebreaker
KAPITAN DRANITSYN with the expedition
NABOS in the Arctic Ocean. At that time I
got in touch with the Arctic for the very
first time and decided to devote myself to
this region in the future.
③ Your most fascinating / crazy expedition
experience
We ran into a storm of force 10 in the
northern part of the Kara Sea in 2007,
aboard a small research vessel. Three days
long the swell was so strong that you
couldn’t move along the ship. The cabin
and the alleyway walls turned into the floor
and the floor became walls.
④ Having such an adventurous work, is there
still space for adventure in your private life?
Though they seem somehow romantic,
expeditions are first of all work for a polar
researcher that costs him much time and
where he is far away from his family and
friends. That’s why you want to
counterbalance this missed / lost time with
new impressions by visiting new places and
meeting people while you are on land, as
sailors use to say.
Field practice 2016
In 2016, the POMOR students spent their
field practice in Spitsbergen at the Russian
Research Centre in Barentsburg (AARI), at
the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Warnemuende, aboard RV AKADEMIK
MSTISLAV KELDYSH (P.P. Shirshov
Institute of Oceanology RAS) and aboard
RV ALKOR with geophysicists from
Hamburg University.
Eight POMOR students spent their field
practice at the Russian Research Centre in
Barentsburg, Spitsbergen, run by the Arctic
and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).
This field practice was funded within the
cooperation between AARI and SPbU. For
two weeks students carried out
hydrological, oceanographical and
chemical measurements, attended lectures
and seminars given by scientists from AARI
and SPbU and simply experienced life in a
high latitude region including an
unplanned meeting with a polar bear and
just playing soccer. Furthermore, they met
Dr. Anna Nikulina who graduated from
POMOR in 2004 and is currently working
at the AARI. She is responsible for the
Russian Research Centre on Svalbard and
spent over six months in Barentsburg. The
next link to POMOR for them was Ivan
Ryzhov, POMOR graduate of 2009, PhD
student and assistant researcher from
AARI. At the moment Ivan is in the USA
holding a GEBCO scholarship. This field
practice was a unique field and team
experience for POMOR (see a report by
Darina Terenteva on page 10).
Two students made contacts with the P.P.
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS and
were invited to participate in the 66th cruise
aboard RV AKADEMIC MSTISLAV
KELDYSH, starting in Arkhangelsk and
going to the Kara Sea. Aleksandr and Vitaly
joined the expedition team in Poland and
left the ship in Halifax, which was possible
thanks to funding by the SPbU. The
students were involved in all kinds of
activities aboard from loading scientific
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in the town of Barentsburg. After a 24‐
hour‐ long flight with two changes, when I
saw coal‐black mountains from the cabin
window, I realized that the time to find out
something completely new in my life had
come.
Since there is no road from the Longyear
airport to Barentsburg (it has something to
do with the Norwegian limitation for
building activities on this unique
archipelago), the last stage of our journey
was a helicopter flight. Finally we arrived to
Barentsburg. If you’ve seen any town in the
far north of Russia, you can imagine what it
looks like. Barentsburg reminded me of my
hometown Vorkuta, especially with all its
atmosphere of a mining town. Many of us
marvelled at the sun at 2 a.m., a complete
lack of trees, and I felt at the same time
nostalgic for the place where I grew up.
Ahead there were two weeks of work under
the supervision of a group of dedicated
scientists of the Russian Research Centre
on Spitsbergen, who perform different
measurements in this remote region. We
took part in their hydrological,
oceanographic and meteorological
measurements under genuine Arctic
conditions. There was the Arctic summer,
but the water temperature was about 0°C,
and the water began to seep fast into my
wetsuit: an unforgettable experience.
Some kinds of practical training were
completely new to us. For example, I never
worked on glaciers before, so the hike to
the glacier Aldegonda was a most
interesting new experience. It’s a pity that
on the second day of work I didn’t get to
Aldegonda and didn’t experience the
encounter with a polar bear. This gap in my
biography is now a reason to return to
Spitsbergen.
I would like to thank all the organizers and
participants of our practice. Thank you for
the opportunity to feel like a professional in
our field.
Darina holds a B.Sc. in Ecology. She spent her
semester abroad at Potsdam University and is going
to write her master thesis on Methane production and
carbon dynamic in permafrost sediments of the Kara
Sea with Dr. Alexey Krylov (SPbU and
VNIIOkeangeologia) and Dr. Heidemarie Kassens
(GEOMAR).
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The school was co‐organized by Baltic
Earth, Stockholm University Baltic Sea
Centre, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea
Research Warnemünde and University of
Rostock.
All of the participants were either MSc or
PhD students. We had only recently
returned from our field practices in August
when a new journey to Sweden was ahead.
Before going we had to prepare and to read
a few articles. The journey began in Saint
Petersburg when we headed to Helsinki
first to get a ferry and go to Stockholm. The
trip to our destination was fascinating
itself. We enjoyed travelling by ferry. The
liner left Helsinki and sailed to Stockholm
showing us all the pretty islands on our way
through the Baltic Sea. Once we got to
Stockholm, we had a chance to walk
around and to explore the city a bit. We
stayed in Stockholm overnight and met our
fellow school students the next day and all
together went by another boat to the island
of Asko, which is a part of the Trosa
Archipelago, about 80 km away from
Stockholm. Our school days were full of
lectures. The lectures would start at 9 or 10
am and would last till 5 or 6 p.m., with
coffee breaks and a lunch break in between.
We learned about the physical
oceanography of the Baltic Sea, climate and
atmosphere. Even though the study process
was demanding and hard, we all enjoyed it.
By the end of the course we passed the
exams. I had an exam on Sunday morning
for the first time in my life. Nevertheless,
we all obtained 3 ECTS points.
We met many other students from all over
the Baltic States, Germany, Sweden and
Finland. We made valuable connections
and are still in touch with some of our
fellow students. The island itself was really
cozy and green. There were bicycles
available for us to cycle around and explore
the island. We also had diving equipment
and went scuba diving a few times. One of
the most memorable moments for me was
that we saw the Milky Way a few times,
when the sky was clear. It is no longer
possible in big cities due to light pollution.
I would definitely recommend future
POMOR students to apply to this school.
The knowledge we gained throughout this
one week of intense studying is really
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valuable and helped me personally during
my studies here in Kiel.
I am thankful to the organizers of this
school for giving us this opportunity to
spend a great time and to learn so much
valuable information about the Climate
system of the Baltic Sea.
Tatiana graduated from Kingston University London,
and holds a BA degree in History of Arts. In spite of
humanities‐related background, she is a passionate
lover of the Arctic, which she constantly proves
studying polar and marine Sciences. She spent her
third term in Kiel at the CAU and will investigate the
Analysis of thermal evolution of basin sedimentary
cover of Cooperation sea (Antarctic) in her master
thesis supervised by Dr. German Leitchenkov (SPbU,
VNIIOkeangeologia) and Prof. Dr. Lars Rüpke
(GEOMAR).
Your master thesis: tips & tricks
POMOR VI for POMOR VII
On the threshold of the upcoming last
POMOR VII semester devoted to their
master theses we asked the graduates of
2015 a few questions which could help the
current group to survive the master thesis
and to perform a good defence.
Do’s and Don’ts for the master thesis
by Evgeny Ivanov and Katerina
Ponomarenko:
Do’s:
Structure your thesis like a
scientific article;
Make an outline of your future
thesis and discuss it with your
supervisor face to face;
Use scientific vocabulary rather
than common;
Make sure that all your graphs and
plots are understandable;
Always rephrase parts which were
taken from another scientists’
works and of course provide
references;
Make sure you cited everyone
whose work you use in your thesis;
Be respective to deadlines and to
your coordinators, who organized
your study process;
It is also very helpful to read the
works of your supervisor's former
students;
(additional) For those who do
modelling: I would advise to use
Latex for writing the text of your
thesis. If the thesis is written in
Word, it shows that you’re not good
in Linux.
Don’ts:
Bother supervisors by asking to
review each chapter from your
thesis separately;
Bother POMOR coordinators by
asking to postpone deadlines day‐
by‐day;
Underestimate the importance of
the Russian supervisor;
Rewrite someone else’s work;
Overestimate the impact of the job
you’ve done in science;
Ever use copy/paste.
What was the most difficult part?
Evgeny Ivanov (EI): To structure my
thesis like a scientific article. Due to two
different parts of my thesis, the physical
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one and the biological one, I tried to join
them together in each chapter “naturally”.
Ksenia Simonenkova (KS): The last three
weeks before the deadline were difficult for
me. It's a time when you should stay
focused and positive, and you should
summarize all your work and give the best
results.
Lilia Khatmullina (LK): To understand
that you really have some valuable results.
And to interpret them properly!
Katerina Ponomarenko (KP): I think it
was not easy to put all things together and
to interpret the results and to describe
everzthing in simple understandable words.
Anna Zolotareva (AZ): The most difficult
part was to organize yourself and work
hard even if nobody would control you.
What was a real fun?
EI: The real fun was this “scientification” of
my thesis, like substituting the common
vocabulary by scientific terms and
expressions in order to turn my thesis from
a high‐school report to a scientific product.
KS: The party after the master award. I
cannot say that all the process was fun, but
it was really interesting for me.
LK: To find a mistake in calculations a
week before delivering the thesis ... and
even a day before the defence.
KP: I met many other students working at
AWI and we had a lot of fun in the lab and
on the weekends
AZ: Setting up real laboratory experiments
was real fun for me.
What would you do in a different
way if you could turn back time?
EI: I wouldn’t do anything differently; I
know that I did my best.
KS: I would be more self‐confident and be
confident of my master thesis.
LK: I would make a clearer outline in the
very beginning. At POMOR we are quite
limited in time for preparing our thesis
(unless you are continuing your previous
investigations), and having an outline
could help a lot not to miss the deadline.
Especially if you are doing a modelling
study (like I did) because it could take too
much time playing around with the model
parameters, so you should always keep in
mind what are you doing and what you
want to get.
KP: I would leave myself 4‐5 days to read
and check my work several times.
AZ: I would spend more time reading
papers. I read a lot during my studies, but
not enough to find all answers.
What to keep in mind while writing?
EI: I kept in mind many things, like
deadlines and guidelines. Hard to answer.
This book would help you to write a good
thesis as well as it helped me: Science
Research Writing for Non‐Native Speakers
of English by Hilary Glasman‐Deal.
KS: In my opinion, the best way is to make
your thesis understandable to everyone.
LK: Try to write in English directly.
Because Russian and English scientific
writing styles are so different and it will
take a lot of time to translate from one to
another. Also it will be a good training if
you are planning to continue with a PhD
abroad. Try to organize your work with the
literature sources in such a way that you
will not have to read one paper a lot of
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times, for example, by making notes/short
overviews about each paper.
KP: I would recommend to make it as
simple as possible, but no simpler so people
can understand your ideas. And of course,
one should first read and then write.
AZ: You have to be able to prove each
single word in your paper.
What to keep in mind for preparing
the abstract and the presentation?
EI: An abstract is just a part of the thesis,
which has a relatively strict structure. Each
of its sentences should reflect the key idea
of the corresponding part of your thesis.
The presentation should be done as a
graphical copy of the thesis, should have
the same structure, a minimum of text and
random Internet pictures, and maximum of
your graphs and plots. If you did a
particular work, point it out in your
presentation because invited lecturers tend
to underestimate student’s capabilities of
doing a scientific research and they could
assume that you just provide someone
else’s results.
KS: Please remember that of course the
brevity is the soul of wit, but do not
hesitate to talk about all the work and
results, so that all members of the
commission will understand how
complicated your work was.
LK: For the abstract I do not have any
specific advice different from those which
you can find in the internet sources about
scientific writing so take time to get
through them. The abstract is the last part
of writing and when the time comes to do
this, look through your papers ‐ they will
give you the best examples.
For the presentation I would say that you
should be ready to present only the most
interesting and valuable results while not
even mentioning a big part of your work.
The time slot for presentation is very short
unfortunately. Or fortunately!
KP: The abstract should be written when
the thesis is finished so the whole picture
can easily be seen. It is also very good to
meet together several times to present your
work to your colleagues.
AZ: Your abstract and presentation have to
be as short and clear as possible.
How did the choice of the MT topic
influence your career after POMOR?
EI: I did my best during the work on the
master thesis (80% of modelling and 20%
of writing in term of time costs), and three
months after my graduation I got a well‐
paid interesting PhD contract in Belgium
for four years, which fits my POMOR
master thesis.
LK: I think the impact was the opposite. I
understood that I would not like to do
modelling (at first it was like "never ever
again!"). Well, at least not modelling alone.
And that I want to do something in the
"real world" ‐ like laboratory and expedition
work, in which I am involved now. But as
modelling is now welcomed in all branches
of science, my previous experience anyway
appears to be quite useful.
KP: Now I work with material from almost
the same geographic region and I use
methods which I've learned during my
POMOR summer practice and lab work for
my thesis.
AZ: The vector of my scientific interests
changed a bit after the POMOR master
thesis.
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How intense was your contact to the
supervisors?
EI: During the modelling part of my work, I
had a Skype conversation with Mr. Savchuk
(my Russian supervisor) two times per
week, but both of my German supervisors
preferred to review my work and give
advice by e‐mail, each time when a
significant amount of results had been
collected. When I was writing my thesis, I
discussed its structure with all my
supervisors, and afterwards I sent them the
whole text, when it had been prepared.
After their corrections I sent it to them
again. And after their last corrections I sent
it for the final review.
KS: Guido Grosse (AWI Potsdam) was my
supervisor. And he gave me the knowledge
and the possibility to work with great
technical device. And he is a real good
scientist.
LK: My contact with the German
supervisor was intense only during 2
months of working on the thesis in
Germany. On the contrary, with my
Russian supervisor we talked not so
intensively but regularly. It was also very
fruitful, as he often asked some general
questions about the whole work and forced
me always to keep in mind the inner
structure of my study. Good luck for all the
students! You will make it!
KP: We worked in the same building for
one and a half months so I could contact
him every day and then we decided that we
will discuss further details by mail.
AZ: A lot during the first 2 months, and last
three weeks.
You can find the master thesis topics,
requirements 2017, deadlines etc. here:
http://pomor.spbu.ru/master‐theses/.
POMOR graduates 2015
Where are they and what are they
doing
It has been one and a half years since the
graduates of 2015 received their master
degrees, so it’s time for our regular survey
on their employment. We came to the
following result showed in the graph 1:
Graph 1: Graduates’ destinations
Graduates with a PhD position are working
at:
Bremen University, ArcTrain
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal
University, Kaliningrad
Mediterranean Institute of
Oceanography, Marseille
Potsdam University, Institute of
Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Potsdam
Université de Liège, MAST
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Graduates who decided to work in industry
are working at Veem software, a big data
management company, and at Severstal, a
Russian company operating in the steel and
mining industry. One graduate is on
childcare leave and at the same time
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Alexandra lives with her family in Kiel and
works at GEOMAR. Find more about her
scientific interests here:
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Sofya Antonova (POMOR IV, 2009‐2011) Thesis topic: Using high temporal resolution X‐band radar imagery time series for the permafrost monitoring with ground truths observations in the Lena Delta, Siberia Supervisors: PD Dr. Julia Boike, Dr. Birgit Heim, AWI Potsdam Institution: Heidelberg University Sofya is living with her husband in Potsdam and continues working at the AWI Potsdam.
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L to r: Jun. Prof. Bernhard Höfle, Heidelberg
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Planned defences 2017‐18 (in
alphabetical order)
Kseniia Ashastina (POMOR V, 2011‐2013)
Thesis topic: The end of the Pleistocene
tundra steppe ‐ interactions between
vegetation, climate and large herbivores in
Beringia
Supervisors: Prof. Christine Roemermann
Institution: Friedrich‐Schiller‐Universität
Jena
Expected submission: February 2018
Max Boxleitner (POMOR V, 2011‐2013)
Thesis topic: Lateglacial and Holocene
glacier development and landscape
evolution in Central Switzerland
Supervisors: Max Maisch, University of
Zurich, CH, Susan Ivy‐Ochs, LIP, ETH
Zurich, CH, Markus Egli, University of
Zurich, CH
Institution: University of Zurich
Expected submission: December 2017
Veronica Emetc (POMOR V, 2011‐2013)
Thesis topic: A statistical calving model for
Antarctic ice shelves
Supervisors: Dr. Paul Tregoning
Institution: Australian National University
Expected submission: December 2017
Ekaterina Kaparulina (POMOR IV, 2009‐
2011)
Thesis topic: Eurasian Arctic ice sheets in
transitions ‐ consequences for climate, sea‐
level and oceans.
Supervisors: Prof. Kari Strand, University of
Oulu, Prof. Juha Pekka Lunkka, Oulu
Mining School, University of Oulu
Institution: Oulu Mining School, University
of Oulu, Finland.
Expected submission: Summer 2017
Valeria Kirillova (POMOR V, 2011‐2013)
Thesis topic: Late‐Pleisocene ‐ Holocene
deglaciation history in the Baffin Bay from
radiogenic isotope provenance studies.
Supervisors: Simone A. Kasemann
(MARUM), Friedrich Lucassen (MARUM),
Claude Hillaire‐Marcel (UQAM, Montreal)
Institution: Bremen University
Expected submission: April 2017
Irina Kryukova (POMOR IV, 2009‐2011)
Thesis topic: Phytoplankton of the Laptev
Sea in autumnal seasons 2008‐2014:
composition, distribution and
environmental forcing
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yelena Polyakova,
Moscow State University (MSU)
Institution: MSU
Expected submission: December 2017
Mikhail Mednik (POMOR IV, 2009‐2011)
Thesis topic: Estimating total phosphorus
concentration in surface coastal waters in
the Gulf of Finland using Landsat satellite
imagery
Supervisors: Dr. Marina A. Kustikova, Saint
Petersburg National Research University of
Information Technologies, Mechanics and
Optics (ITMO University), Elena Kunaeva,
A.F. Mojaiskiy Military and Space Academy
Institution: ITMO University
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Expected defence: Summer 2017
Valeria Selyuzhenok (POMOR IV, 2009‐
2011)
Thesis topic: Laptev Sea and East Siberian
Sea Fast Ice distribution and variability
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ruediger Gerdes, AWI
Institution: Jacobs University Bremen
Expected submission: End of 2017
Anastasia Poliakova (POMOR IV, 2009‐
2011)
Thesis topic: Vegetation, climate, fire
dynamics and human impacts in Java and
southern Kalimantan inferred from pollen,
spore and charcoal deposits in the Java Sea
during the late Holocene
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hermann Behling,
Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant
Sciences, Department of Palynology and
Climate Dynamics, University of Göttingen
Institution: University of Göttingen
Expected submission: 2017
Tamara Trofimova (POMOR V, 2011‐2013)
Thesis topic: Annually resolved
reconstructions of the variability of the
Norwegian Atlantic Current based on
growth chronologies of bivalves
Supervisors: Carin Andersson Dahl, Audrey
Geffen, Michael Carroll, Alan Wanamaker
Institution: Bergen University
Expected submission: 2017
Anastasia Zhuravleva (POMOR IV, 2009‐
2011)
Thesis topic: Meridional temperature
gradients between the polar and tropical
North Atlantic during the Last Interglacial
cycle
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Frank,
GEOMAR, Dr. Henning Bauch, AWI
Institution: CAU
Expected submission: 2018
Admission 2017
We’re happy to inform you that POMOR
VIII (2017‐2019) is open for application
now.
The admission is carried out by Saint
Petersburg State University.
All official information concerning the
admission 2017 is published on the official
website of the Admission Commission of
Saint Petersburg State University:
http://abiturient.spbu.ru/ and
https://abiturient.spbu.ru/russkij/admissio
ns‐of‐foreign‐citizens/admissions‐of‐
foreign‐citizens.html
We offer you a short overview about the
admission process1
Organizer: Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University
Program features: Type: Full‐time M.Sc. Language: English Duration: 2 years / 4 semesters
1 No responsibility is taken for this content. Please visit www.abiturient.spbu.ru for official information
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Double Degree: Master degree in Ecology and Natural Management, Specialization Polar and Marine Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University Master of Science (Polar and Marine Sciences), Hamburg University
Requirements in brief: ‐ Bachelor Degree or an equivalent
degree ‐ Portfolio (an extended application)
including proof of English
proficiency (level: upper
intermediate)
How to apply: Please register on the website
http://abiturient.spbu.ru/ or
https://abiturient.spbu.ru/russkij/admissio
ns‐of‐foreign‐citizens/admissions‐of‐
foreign‐citizens.html and create your
account.
There you will find documents to be filled
in and be able to upload the scans of your
documents.
Registration is open from March 1, 2017
Application deadlines: For Russian citizens: Online: March 1, 2017 – July 20, 2017, 18:00 MSK Personally or by mail: July 3, 2017 – July 20, 2017, 18:00 MSK For Non‐Russian citizens: Aiming a governmental scholarship: February 1, 2017 – June 15, 2017 Online, including visa support: April 1, 2017 – July 8, 2017 Online without visa support:
April 1, 2017 – August 10, 2017 Entry exams: Russian citizens: July 27, 2017 Non‐Russian citizens (State‐ funded places) TBA Non‐Russian citizens May 5 – 19, 2017 June 15 – 30, 2017 July 13 – 22, 2017 August 3 – 17, 2017
If you missed the Open Door Days at Saint Petersburg State University, you can download the POMOR presentation here: http://pomor.spbu.ru/news/pomor‐
presentation‐during‐the‐open‐door‐day‐at‐
the‐spbu.html
Please download our poster 2017 here:
http://pomor.spbu.ru/admission/
If you have further questions, please do not
hesitate to contact us:
http://pomor.spbu.ru/contact/
We’re looking forward to your application!
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Funding and partner organizations: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Saint Petersburg State University Hamburg University Bremen University Christian Albrechts University Kiel Potsdam University Hamburg University of Technology Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research
Abbreviations
AARI Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute AWI Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz
Centre for Polar and Marine Research BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and
Research CAU Christian Albrechts University Kiel EGU Euripean Geosciences Union FU Berlin Freie Universität Berlin GEOMAR GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean
Research Kiel IOW Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Warnemünde Minobrnauki Ministry of Education and Research of
Russian Federation NIERSC Nansen International Environmental
and Remote Sensing Center OSL Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and
Marine Research RAS Russian Academy of Science SPbU Saint Petersburg State University TUHH Hamburg University of Technology U HB Bremen University U Potsdam Potsdam University UHH Hamburg University VNIIO All‐Russia Scientific Research Institute
for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean named after I.S. Gramberg
VSEGEI A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute
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Impressum
Editor in chief: Nadezhda Kakhro [email protected]
Proof‐readers: Karen Volkmann‐Lark, Christian Horn
Cover photo by Dmitry Tsvetkov
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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1‐3 24148 Kiel, Germany
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