Boris F. Sviridenko

Boris F. Sviridenko is an outstanding biologist whose scientific career spans more than four decades, full of achievements and significant contributions to the field of ecology and biology. He was born in 1953 and graduated from Tomsk State University in 1975 with a degree in Biology. In 1987, Boris Fedorovich defended his PhD thesis on " Aquatic macrophytes of the North Kazakhstan and Kostanay regions (species composition, ecology, productivity)", and in 2001 completed his doctoral dissertation on the ecological and dynamic organization of the vegetation cover of reservoirs in Northern Kazakhstan.

His professional career began at the Research Institute of Biology and Biophysics at Tomsk State University, where he worked as a junior researcher from 1975 to 1981. Then, from 1981 to 1986, he served as a senior researcher at the Kazakh Research Institute of Fisheries. In the period from 1986 to 1994, Boris Fedorovich worked at the North Kazakhstan University in Petropavlovsk.

In 1994, he moved to Omsk, where he worked at Omsk State Pedagogical University for fourteen years. There he worked his way up from senior researcher to professor and dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, as well as head of the Department of Botany and Basic Agriculture. Since 2008, Boris Fedorovich has been working at Surgut State University. He started as a leading researcher and head of the Laboratory of hydromorphic ecosystems, and then became a chief researcher and, since 2013, director of the Research Institute of Ecological Systems (NIIES). In 2012, he was awarded the title of Professor.

Boris Fedorovich's scientific achievements are impressive: he is the author and co-author of more than 300 scientific and methodological works, including 3 monographs and 2 textbooks with the UME stamp on classical university education. Under his supervision, 4 PhD theses were defended.

Boris Fyodorovich actively participates in scientific communities, being a member of the Russian Botanical and Russian Geographical Society. His contribution to the social and scientific environmental movement has received numerous awards, including Honorary Certificates of the Ministry of Industrial Policy, Transport and Communications of the Omsk Region (2005), the Government of the Omsk Region (2006), the Russian Geographical Society (2007) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Omsk Region (2016) for significant contribution in the creation of the "Red Book of the Omsk region".

Boris Fyodorovich Sviridenko is not just a scientist, but a person who has dedicated his life to the study and conservation of natural resources, inspiring a new generation of researchers with his example and mentoring.

Галактионова Е.В.,

 заведующая кафедрой "Биология"