Andrey V. Mitusov
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor of rerum naturalium)
Education
Graduate school «Human development in landscapes”, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany.
Agronomy Department, Orel State Agrarian University, Orel, Russia.
Research Interests
- Geomorphometry (quantitative geomorphology)
- Soil science and agriculture
- Geoarchaeology
- Risk assessment and Terrestrial hydrology
- Online education
- Modern society
Working Experience
Since 2019
Head and founder of the YouTube channel «academicheskoe pismo»: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gmv525RjgB2RNqX3QBIQg/featured
Focus on development academic writing skills in physical geography
Since 2018
Head and founder of the YouTube channel «Land and water CA”.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC52FN1r8kqx42bMqcz2ywEQ
Focus to the environment, humans and education in Central Asia: online events, lectures, reports.
Since 2016 — till present
Company: Kazakh-German University
City/Country: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Occupation: Flying Faculty Guest lecturer
Research/Activity areas:
Two modules for master students (in English, 30 hours/semester):
- «Integrated Watershed Management (Q-GIS)”
- «Land and water interaction”
Supervision of regional (Central Asia) studies with focus on Glaciers, Climate change, Water quality and Gender
2005 — 2015
Company: Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. Institute for Ecosystem Research, Group of Ecosystem Research and Geoarchaeology
City/Country: Kiel, Germany
Occupation: Researcher
Research/Activity areas: Mentoring of students, preparation of research projects, writing articles on soil erosion and geomorphometry. Organisation of expeditions
2004 — 2005
Company: Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim
City/Country: Stuttgart, Germany
Occupation: Post-Doc (Supported by the DAAD)
Research/Activity areas: Investigation of relationships between soil and land surface parameters based on regression modelling and geostatistics
2001 — 2004
Company: Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science (IPBPSS), Department of Soil Climate
City/Country: Pushchino, Moscow region, Russia
Occupation: Researcher
Research/Activity areas: Investigation of relationships between soil and land surface parameters based on regression modelling. Membership of scientific board of the Institute and research project management
2001 — 2004
Company: Private company «Agroecology”
City/Country: Moscow region, Russia
Occupation: Scientific consultant
Research/Activity areas: Organisation of communications between researchers and businesses in the field of oil geology and water management