Valery Kozlov

Jobs

1968 – now       Researcher, Senior researcher for the Forest Research Institute of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian   Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia

 study of an  impact of forest management on wood quality (head of a team)

investigation of impact of nuclear disasters on wood quality

project manager for RFBR projects “Monitoring of wooden architectural monuments” (2001-2004), “Ecologically-save approach to preservation of cultural heritage  objects” (2007-2009)

             

Education

1959-1964 Petrozavodsk State University,  Physical department, student

Degrees, diplomas

1.   M. Sc.;  Petrozavodsk State University; 1964, June

2.   PhD (Biology); Syktyvkar Institue of biology Komi RC of RAS,  1996, December

Awards

1.   “Participant of Chernobyl nuclear disaster elimination” , 2006

2.      Grand Prize. Europa Nostra awards for conservation of the Kesalahti Church bell tower, Kesalahti, Finland. Italy. June 5, 2009.

Language skills

	Russian	English
Reading skills	Mother tongue	Good
Writing skills	Mother tongue	Poor
Verbal skills	Mother tongue	Good

Publications

100 papers

co-author of monographs “Impact of radiation of softwoods after Chernobyl nuclear disaster”,  “Wood-Science Approach to the Preservation of Historic Timber Structures” 

Patent N 79828 of Russian Federation (as of October 17, 2008) “Equipment for heat treatment of wooden structures” (co-authors: A. I. Rasev, V. A. Kozlov)

Research field

quality of timber, protection of wooden architectural monuments,  biodeterioration, monitoring,

Membership

              Member of the Regional Council of Wood Science

E-mail vkozlov@krc.karelia.ru