Viktor Petrovich Savinykh

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Doctor of Technical Sciences (Doctor of Technical Sciences), Professor.
Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography
from 1988 to 2007 he was the rector, and since 2008 he was elected President Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography and is to date

Biography, scientific achievements

Pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, laureate State Prize of the USSR (1989), laureate of the State Prize of Russia in the field of science and technology for integrated aerospace sounding during the creation and operation of geotechnical systems (1996 year). Laureate of the Presidential Prize in the field of education for 2002. AT In 1990 he received the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences. doctoral defended his thesis in St. Petersburg at the Astrophysical Observatory named after Voeikov, the topic is related to the environmental problems of the atmosphere. Scientist and researcher in the development of methods for remote sensing and use of space facilities in environmental and natural resource purposes,  Author of several textbooks and monographs,  dedicated to the issues of remote research Earth from space, as well as non-fiction books about space "The Earth waits and hopes", "Notes from dead station", "Geography from space", "Vyatka. Baikonur. Space". doctoral dissertation defended on a topic related to environmental problems of the atmosphere. Acts as Academician-Secretary of the Scientific Department (according to Department No. 6 "Cosmonautics and environmental problems" Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky. Author over 258 publications in the field of aerospace research, remote Earth sounding, geoecology and ecology. Hirsch index according to RSCI - 36. In 2006 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and in In 2019, he was elected an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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