Andrey Panin graduated from the
Faculty of Geography, Moscow State Lomonosov University (MSU) in 1988. PhD (Geography)
from MSU (1991). Now occupies the position of associate professor and vice-dean
at the Faculty of Geography, MSU. Specializes in theoretical and environmental
aspects of fluvial geomorphology and palaeogeography. Authored and co-authored
some 60 articles in Russian and international issues on river channel
development and river palaeohydrology in the Late Glacial and the Holocene,
global man-induced changes of solid fluxes, century-scale stream network
dynamics in response to climate and land use changes, Cs-137 migration via soil
erosion, namely over the areas of Chernobyl contamination, etc. Co-author in two
monographs on river processes. Takes lectures in geomorphology for students in
geography and soil science. As a vice-dean of the faculty accounts for managing
student field practice.