Alexander Parshin – Cand. Sci. (Geol. & Mineral.), Professor, Scientific Director of the Siberian School of Geosciences, Irkutsk National Research Technical University,
tel.: +7 (902) 7666990,
e-mail: sarhin@geo.istu.edu.
In 2008 he graduated with honors from IRNITA with a degree in "Information systems and Technologies", in 2009 he entered the postgraduate course of the A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry SB RAS in the direction of "Geoecology". In 2012, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Geological and mineralogical sciences in the specialty "Geoinformatics".
Since his student years he has worked in various organizations as an electronics engineer, hydrologist, ecologist, programmer, IT engineer, head of IT department, GIS engineer. From 2008 to 2012 he participated in more than 20 monitoring Baikal expeditions of the Federal Agency of Water Resources on the research vessel "Istok".
Since 2008, he has taught at the Department of Applied Geology, Geophysics and Geoinformation Systems of IRNTU in the positions of assistant (2008), teacher (2010), associate professor (2012), professor (2017). In 2020, the Academic Council of Irkutsk Polytechnic University awarded the honorary status of "Professor of IRNTU Practice".
In 2014, he organized and headed the Scientific Research Laboratory of Geological Informatics (IHC SB RAS and IRNTU), developing the directions of robotic systems for geological exploration and complex processing of heterogeneous geodata.
In 2016, in order to test, demonstrate and promote innovations in the field of new UAV methods- remote sensing of the Earth, an entrepreneurial technology startup, LLC Geoinformation Technologies - Siberia, was organized. He supervised geological prospecting and scientific work throughout the North-East of Eurasia. In 2020, he organized the second startup LLC "Territory" - to demonstrate the advantages of UAV exploration in combination with other express search methods in the field of junior geological cases.
Research interests: geoinformation technologies in geological exploration in their widest possible sense – from the hardware of collection systems to mineral prospectivity mapping using AI; ecological and geochemical research; robotic systems in Earth sciences.
Author of more than 70 scientific publications (including more than 20 WoS/Scopus), 14 patents and certificates for intellectual property, co-author of more than 30 production reports, including stock counts.
He has prepared two candidates of sciences.
Laureate of the Irkutsk Region Regional Prize in Science and Technology (2018); special Prize of the Ambassador of China (2020) in the framework of the Engineer of the Year competition in the field of "IT and Artificial Intelligence"; competition of scientific papers significant for the urban economy of Irkutsk (2017); regional site of the Science Festival -2014 and a number of other scientific awards. Member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE Silver Member). Member of the coordinating Scientific and Technical Council for geology, prospecting and exploration of uranium deposits.
Winner and prize-winner of competitions in various martial arts with weapons. He is also fond of downhill skiing and off-road motorsport.
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