CURRICULUM VITAE
	Vadim A. Kravchinsky

Education:
Ph.D. in geophysics: Irkutsk State Technical University (Russia, http://www.istu.irk.ru/) and East-Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics, and Mineral Resources (VSNIIGGiMS) at Russian Committee of Geology, Ministry of Natural Resources

Mine-engineer geophysicist diploma (joint B.Sc. and M.Sc.): Department of Geological Exploration of the Irkutsk State Technical University (Russia).

Employment:

07.2014–present	Professor, Physics Department University of Alberta
07.2008–06.2014	Associate Professor, Physics Department University of Alberta
07.2002–07.2008	Assistant Professor, Physics Department University of Alberta
03.2001–06.2002	Post-doc, Physics Department University of Alberta
09.1997–03.2001	Invited professor/researcher Institut du Physique de Globe de Paris (http://www.ipgp.jussieu.fr/) CNRS and Université Paris-VII (sequence of contracts)
1996–2002	Director of the Irkutsk Paleomagnetic Laboratory VSNIIGGiMS and Institute of Geochemistry (Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Science) (http://www.igc.irk.ru/)
Before 1996	Engineer-geophysicist Irkutsk Geophysical Expedition (industry)

Short-term invited positions:

2011	Visiting research fellow at Fort Hoofddijk paleomagnetic laboratory, 6 months http://www.geo.uu.nl/~forth/
2007	Invited researcher in paleomagnetic laboratory of Institut du Physique de Globe de Paris (IPGP), paleomagnetic laboratory, 2 months
1996	Invited researcher in paleomagnetic laboratory of University of Rhode Island, the USA, 2 months
1996	Invited scientist fellowship, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, 2.5 months
Before 1996	Invited researcher in paleomagnetic laboratory of IPGP, paleomagnetic laboratory, 2 months
	Fellowship in paleomagnetic laboratory of University of Pittsburgh, the USA, 2 months

Research interests: paleomagnetism, rock-magnetism, tectonics and geodynamics, paleoclimate
Languages: English, Russian (native), French (writing with dictionary)

Current graduate students (see also Gradstudents in the Physics Department and more details at Lab link):

	Name	Program	Duration	Thesis Topic
10.	Dunia A. Blanco	Ph.D.	2008 – 2013	Studying of eolian sediments and volcanic rocks to uncover long-term geomagnetic and climatic variations in the Earth’s past
9.	Taslima Anwar	Ph.D.	2012 - 2016	Cyclostratigraphy, Paleoclimate and Milankovitch periods
8.	Lei Wu	Ph.D.	2012 - 2016	Paleointensity and paleomagnetism of Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks
7.	Chen Jiasheng	Ph.D. student at the Lanzhou University (China) and Research Fellow at the University of Alberta (Canada)	2011 – 2013	Environmental magnetism of the eolian sediments of Asia

Former graduate students (see details at Lab link):

	Name	Program	Duration	Got first job at
6.	Karol Rohraff (co-supervised with M.Sacchi)	M.Sc.	2009 – 2011	Shell Canada (Calgary)
5.	Rui Zhang	Ph.D.	2006 – 2011	Professorship (tenure-track) at the Northwest University (Xi’an, China)
4.	Jeff Samson	M.Sc.	2007 – 2009	Geology and geophysics consulting (Vancouver, Calgary)
3.	Shawn Walker	M.Sc.	2004 – 2007	Aurora Enterprise (North Canada and US)
2.	Jason Zhigang Han (co-supervised with D. Schmitt)	M.Sc.	2002 – 2005	Shell Canada (Calgary)
1.	Mikhail A. Krainov (co-supervised with M.I.Kuzmin)	Ph.D.	2000 – 2005	Russian Academy of Sciences (permanent researcher)

Supervising/co-supervising the high qualified personnel:

Konstantin Dlussky (post-doctoral fellow 2004–2006)	Co-supervision. Project: paleoclimatic changes encoded in the loess/paleosol sequences.	Now at AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd. (Edmonton, Alberta)
Matthew Cannon (undergraduate student, 2004–2005)	Supervision. Paleomagnetism of North Alberta kimberlites (report to the Geological Survey of Alberta). Receiver of the best undergrad. student research paper award of 2005 (Physics Department).	Now at British Petroleum–Canada (Calgary, Alberta).

Service to Professional Community:

2009–present	Geophysics coordinator at the Department of Physics, University of Alberta
2005–2011	The IAGA Senior Representative to the CNC-IUGG for Canada
June 2002–September 2006	Vice-Chair of the Geophysical Division, Geological Association of Canada
1996–2001	Member of Scientific Council of the East-Siberian Research Institute of Geology and Geophysics (Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia)

Teaching: http://www.ualberta.ca/~vadim/Courses.htm

Awards: Canada Foundation for Innovation – New Opportunities (2003).

Membership in Professional Societies: American Geophysical Union, Canadian Geophysical Union, Geological Society of Canada, Institute for Geophysical Research member (University of Alberta).