Dmitry V. Pozdnyakov
Nansen Centre
Russia
Biography
Dmitry Pozdnyakov has his expertise in hydro-optics in application to environmental remote sensing. With his team he developed a set of biooptical models as tools for investigating natural turbid waters, which by nature are most challenging for remote sensing. Went through numerous verifications in a variety of marine and lacustrine water bodies, these tools were used by him in numerous studies in the area of aquatic ecology with special emphasis on the influence of ongoing climate change and anthropogenic forcing as well as aqua-ecological problems related to harmful and nuisance algae. Twice, in 1992 and 2005, he was recipient of the Chandler-Misener award.