Yury Gennadievich Mikhailichenko
graduated from Moscow State University's oceanological division. He received a
Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of
the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow and subsequently worked there for nearly
fifteen years. Currently, he is a chief specialist in the Ministry of Science
and Technology Policy of the Russian Federation, in the division of the World
Ocean, Climate and Earth Sciences. His areas of activity are planning and
management of the Russian national research program 'Comprehensive
Investigations of the Oceans and Seas, Arctic and Antarctic' and serves as a
member of the U.S.-Russian Joint Intergovernmental Committee on Cooperation in
Ocean Studies. He also represented his division at the International Centre for
Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies (ICOOPS) in Genoa, Italy. His area of special
interest is the development of coastal management in Russia. Working toward this
goal, he is a co-leader of a newly formed coastal management project of the
Russian government. Last year he was invited to membership in the New York
Academy of Sciences. He has published a book and over 40 paper, as well as
participated in several research studies