Man of action: on the 85^th anniversary of Professor Zhan Vyacheslavovich Seminsky

The work of Zhan Vyacheslavovich Seminsky, Professor of Irkutsk National Research Technical University is multifaceted and highly productive. The article is dedicated to the 85^th anniversary of the scientist and aims at familiarizing a wider audience with the achievements in his multi-year research and production work. The article is based on the materials from different editions and personal contacts of the author with Seminsky in the field geological conditions when working on joint research-and-production state budget projects and writing scientific articles together within the frames of preparation of the Ph.D. thesis of the author with Zh.V. Seminsky as the research supervisor. Professor Seminsky has worked for 15 years in the production geological association “Sosnovgeologia” where he defended his candidate thesis on ancient volcanic complexes containing various ore deposits. This experience became later of value for the student’s audience. During his work at Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Professor Seminsky defended his Ph.D. thesis, prepared 20 manuals and a monograph, and became a scientific adviser for 17 postgraduates and Ph.D. students. His studies on the ore field structures, regularities of the ore deposits formation and the metallogeny of Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia (plate tectonics approach) have made him known as one of the leading specialists in Russia and other countries. Zh.V. Seminsky for 33 years had been chief of the Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Mineral Resources (later, the Department of Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Resources). For many years, he has been Chairperson of the Dissertation Council D 212.073.01 of Irkutsk National Research Technical University. Professor Seminsky is full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, Distinguished Mineral Explorer, Honorary Worker of the Education of Mongolia, Professor Emeritus of Irkutsk National Research Technical University, and Honorary Professor of Mongolia. Of special note is the fact that Seminsky’s many-year work has become the base for this journal: Zh.V. Seminsky for many years had been Editor-in-Chief of the scientific edition “Proceedings of the Siberian Department of the Earth Sciences section of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Geology, prospecting and exploration for mineral deposits” that is on the list of the Higher Attestation Commission.

Zh.V. Seminsky, volcanic complexes, geology of ore deposits, metallogeny, plate tectonics

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