• The Cryosphere: Dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, responses of ice masses to climate variations on different time scales, interaction between ice masses, atmosphere, ocean and solid Earth
• The Interior of the Earth: Reconstruction of the terrestrial heat flow distribution in ice-covered regions, Earth’s mantle rheology, mantle convection, mantle/continent interaction, mantle plumes
• Applied mathematics in Geophysics

current projects:

• April 2012 – present: Coordinator of the international research initiative IceGeoHeat
• February 2012 – present: Member of the international research project "Changing Glaciers in Central Asia", coordinated by Prof. A. Stroeven (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Prof. J. M. Harbor (Purdue University, USA)

• 2003–2007: “Construction of a global dynamic model of the Earth” (Spherical analysis and numerical methods) developed for WINDOWS and LINUX operation systems, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, supervisors: Prof. Trubitsyn V. P, Dr. Kaban M. K. and Prof. Rothacher M.
• 2002: “Analysis of seismic faults and regularities in their global distribution”, Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS, supervisors: Dr. Nechaev Yu. V. and Prof. Rogozhin E. A.
• 2000–2003: “Prediction of probability of black cancer advent based on specific external and internal by-manifestations”, Computer Center RAS (Image recognition theory and methods of mathematical prognostication) developed for WINDOWS operation system, supervisor Prof. V. Ryazanov

Education & Academia

• 1998–2003: Studies in Mathematics and Numerical Modelling at Moscow State University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics
• 2000–2001: Studies in Geography and Geo-information systems at Moscow State University, Geography Faculty
• Jun 2003: M.Sc. in Mathematics and System Programming at Moscow State University
• 2003–2007: Doctorate studies in Geophysics at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
• Feb 2008: Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) at Technical University Berlin

• 2000–2003: Research assistant at Computer Centre of Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Moscow
• 2002–2003: Research scientist at Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS, Moscow
• Sep 2003–Jul 2007: Ph.D. student at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
• Jan 2009 - present: Postdoctoral fellow at Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Field experience

• Geomorphological expedition to the Kyrgyz Tian Shan (Ala-Archa, Sary-Dzaz and Inylchek areas), Summer 2012

• EGU 2012: Co-convener of the session GD2.3 “Heat flow and thermal regime of the lithosphere: Deep and surface processes”
• EGU 2013: Convener of the GD session “Geothermal Heat Flow: Linking Earth's Deep Interior and Surface Processes” GD2.2

• Rogozhina, I.; Hagedoorn, J.; Martinec, Z.; Fleming, K.; Soucek, O.; Greve, R.; Thomas, M. (2012): Effects of uncertainties in the geothermal heat flux distribution on the Greenland Ice Sheet: An assessment of existing heat flow models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, F02025, doi:10.1029/2011JF002098
• Rogozhina, I.; Martinec, Z.; Hagedoorn, J.; Thomas, M.; Fleming, K. (2011): On the long-term memory of the Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F01011, doi:10.1029/2010JF001787