Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

• Petrology and geochemistry  of  alkaline-carbonatite complexes.
• Experimental modelling of hydrothermal processes in carbonatite complexes.
• Dissolving and element redistribution in minerals (apatite, pyrochlore, magnetite) during hydrothermal processes.
• The investigation of fenitizaton processes between alkaline magmas and host rocks.
• Stability of ore-forming rare metal minerals in carbonatites.

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

2006-2008 unfinished  PhD  in  petrology  and  geochemistry.  Postgraduate  PhD  program  in  Geological  Institute  of  Kola  Science  Center  of  Russian  Academy  of  Sciences,  Russia.

2004-2006  Master's  degree  in  petrology.  Geology  Department  of  Murmansk  State  University,  Russia

2000-2004  Bachelor’s  degree  in  geology.  Geology  Department  of  Murmansk  State  University,  Russia

Projekte:

PhD student in DOME project "Niobium, zirconium, titanium, and rare earth elements in alkaline silica-undersatured magmas: experimental determination of solubility, complexation and phase relations and implications for the formation of magmatic Nb-Zr-REE deposits"