Academic degree:

Doctor of Science in Ecology (2006)

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Education:

1977–1982 – graduated with honors from the Department of Zoology of Vertebrates, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (specialty: Zoology and Botany).

1990 – defended his PhD thesis “Simulation modeling of population dynamics and bioenergetics of forest insectivorous birds (on the example of the family Paridae, Passeriformes)” in the Dissertation Council D 053.05.71 at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

2006 – defended his doctoral dissertation “Functioning of cryogenic ecosystems of Northern Eurasia and Alaska”, specialty 03.00.16 – “Ecology” in the Dissertation Council D.501.001.55 at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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Biography:

1982 – 2018 – after graduation worked at the Biology Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, passing through the positions of research intern, senior laboratory assistant, junior researcher (Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology), scientific researcher (Department of Vertebrate Zoology), senior scientific researcher, leading scientific researcher and professor (Department of General Ecology).

From 2019 to the present, he has been working at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a Principal Researcher in the Department of Geography and Soil Evolution.

Part-time researcher at the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences since its founding in 1991 to the present. He also worked part-time at other academic institutions and universities (Y.A. Izrael Institute for Global Climate and Ecology (2009-present), N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Economics, Kursk State University, and the Higher School of Economics).

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Scientific interests:

General and global ecology, population ecology, net carbon balance, greenhouse gases, terrestrial ecosystems, primary production, ecosystem respiration, human ecology and evolution, simulation and regression modeling.

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Participation in projects:

1. Research Project «Estimation of carbon cycle changes in ecosystems of Arctic zone of Russia as a result of Climate Change and Land Use by radiocarbon dating and greenhouse gases emissions». The Programme of Basic Research by the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences «Basic research in search for Arctic zone development» (contractor, 2014-2017).
2. RHSF 15-01-18077 “Interactions of models of conflict and altruistic behavior of children and teens in a traditional society (Meru of Tanzania)” (contractor, 2015), PI: M.L. Butovskaya.
3. RFBR 14-05-00347 А. “Postagrogenic landscape changes in different geographical zones of European Russia: succession recovery of ecosystems and dynamics of carbon emission and accumulation” (PI, 2014-2016).
4. RFBR 15-04-08741 А. Methane emission from woody debris decomposition: estimation of its input to atmospheric greenhouse gases concentrations (contractor, 2015-2017).
5. RSF 16-17-00123 Scientific basis for accounting and projection of carbon budget in the forests of Russia I n the structure of international commitments for conservation of the atmosphere and climate (contractor, 2016-2018).
6. RFBR 16-04-01580 Estimation of macro-ecological patterns, factors and potential of soil emission of CО₂ to the atmosphere due to impulse Birch effect (contractor, 2016-2018).
7. RGS 17-05-41157 Soil cover of Polar areas: zonal structure, classification, genesis, evolution, and functioning (contractor, 2017-2019).
8. Govermental contract «Scientific background and Estimation of CO₂ adsorption capacity by natural ecossytems of Russian Federation» 17-14-НИР/01, 21.07.2017. ДК-14-23/55. (contractor, 2017-2018).
9. RFBR 16-06-00223 «Reproductive success in men and women in traditional and inductrial societies: anthropometrical and molecular-genetic markers» (contractor, 2017-2019).
10. 18-05-60279 RFBR “Arctic”. “The influence of anthropogenic factors on structure and functioning of Arctic soils as a control of Greenhouse gases exchange” (contractor 2018-2020)
11. 13.18-17-00178 RSF “The development of the novel concept of land degradation neutrality to assess the effectiveness of the approaches for sustainable land use and climate change adaptation” (main contractor, 2018-2020).
12. 19-29-05025 RFBR “Degradation and technogenic pollution of soils in chernozem zone of European Russia under land use transformation and Climate change” (contractor, 2019-2022)
13. 20-17-00212 RSF “Glaciers and pedogenesis: supraglacial organo-mineral systems, their diversity, geography, carbon cycle and the role in biosphere” (main contractor, 2020-2022)
14. The most important innovative project of state importance “Carbon in ecosystems: monitoring” (Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 2, 2022-2024, № 2515-r) the PI of the topic “Monitoring of carbon pools and greenhouse gases fluxes in anthropogenic and natural ecosystems of the forest-steppe subzone of the Russian Federation”.

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Additional information:
Member of editorial boards of journals “Izvestiya RAN ser. geographic”, “Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change”, “Izvestiya of Higher Education Institutions. North Caucasus Region. Series: Natural Sciences.

Member of dissertation council 015.3(03.05), Lomonosov Moscow State University; member of dissertation council 24.1.049.02 (Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences).

Author of 126 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 8 monographs, 7 scientific films, 14 training courses.

The most significant publications:

• Karelin D.V., Gilmanov T.G. Simulation modeling of population-density dynamics of insectivorous forest passerine birds – a bioenergetic approach // ZH OBSHCH BIOL. V. 53. № 1. 1992. P. 31–46. WOS:A1992HM97800003
• Karelin D.V., Polivanov V.M. Population ecology of the Coal Tit (Parus ater michailowski Bogd.) in the North-West Caucasus // Russian Journal of Zoology. Vol.71. №.4. P.60–74 (in Russian).
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Karelin D.V., Chestnykh O.V. Phytomass reserves and primary productivity profiles of the Russian North from Cola Peninsula to Chukotka. Global Change and Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems. ECSC-EC-EAEC, report 10. Brussels, Luxembourg. 1995. 329 (191–200 pp.).
• Karelin D.V., Ivaschenko A.I., Zamolodchikov D.G. Use of GIS-approach in seasonal dynamics of above-ground phytomass in arctic ecosystems: Fad or necessity? // ZH OBSHCH BIOL. 1996. V. 57. № 5. P. 608–627.
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Karelin D.V., Ivaschenko A.I. The threshold temperature of carbon balance in south tundra ecosystems // DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK. V. 358. № 5. P. 708–709.
• Chestnykh O.V; Zamolodchikov D.G; Karelin D.V. Resources of organic carbon in the soils of tundra and forest-tundra ecosystems in Russia // Russian Journal of Ecology. V. Issue: 6. P. 392–398 (NOV-DEC 1999).
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Karelin D.V., Ivaschenko A.I. Sensitivity of tundra carbon balance to ambient temperature // Water, Air and Soil Pollution. v. 119. No. 1-4. 2000. P. 157–
• Zamolodchikov D.G, Karelin D.V. The carbon cycle in the ecosystems of thermal springs in the Chukchi Peninsula as a natural model of warming // Russian Journal of Ecology. V. 31. Issue 6. P. 386­392 (NOV-DEC 2000). DOI:10.1023/A:1026635624908
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Lopes de Gerenu V.O, Karelin D.V., et al. Carbon emission by the southern tundra during cold seasons // Doklady biological sciences. V. 372. P. 312– (2000 May-Jun).
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Karelin D.V. An Empirical Model of Carbon Fluxes in Russian Tundra // Global Change Biology. 2001. V. 7. № 2. P. 147–162.
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Karelin D.V., Ivaschenko A.I., Oechel W.C., Hastings S.J. CO2 flux measurements in Russian Far East tundra using eddy covariance and closed chamber techniques // Tellus. 2003. V. 55. P. 879–892.
• Zamolodchikov D.G., Kotov A.N., Karelin D.V., Razzhivin V.Yu. Active-layer monitoring in Northeast Russia: spatial, seasonal, and interannual variability // Polar Geography. 2004. V. 28. № 4. Р. 286–307.
• Zamolodchikov D.G, Karelin D.V, Ivaschenko A.I. Micrometeorological assessment of biogenic fluxes of carbon dioxide in typical tundra ecosystems of eastern Chukotka // Eurasian Soil Science. V. 38. Issue 7. Р.759–763 (JUL 2005).
• Boltunov A.N., Gavrilko M.V., Karelin D.V., Knizhnikov A.Yu., Kokorin A.O., Nikiforov V.V., Popov A.V., Sergienko L.A., Spiridonov V.A., Zgurovksy K.A. The impact of climate change on the Russian Arctic: analysis and paths to solving the problem. WWF Russia, Moscow, 2008, 1–28 pp.
• Butovskaya M.L., Vasilyev V.A., Lazebny O.E., Suchodolskaya E.M., Shibalev D.V., Kulikov A.M., Karelin D.V., Burkova V.N., Audax M., Ryskov A.P. Aggression and polymorphisms in AR, DAT1, DRD2, and COMT genes in Datoga pastoralists of Tanzania // Scientific reports, Nature Publishing Group (United Kingdom). 2013. Том № 3148. DOI:10.1038/srep03148
• Lyuri D.I., Karelin D.V., Kudikov A.V., Goryachkin S.V. Changes in soil respiration in the course of the postagrogenic succession on sandy soils in the Southern Taiga Zone // Eurasian Soil Science. 2013. 46. No. 9. P. 935–947.
• Karelin D.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Zukert N.V., Chestnykh O.V., Pochikalov A.V., Kraev G.N. Interannual changes in PAR and soil moisture during the warm season may be more important for the sign of annual carbon balance in tundra than temperature fluctuations // Biology Bulletin Reviews, 2013. V. 3. Issue 5. P. 371– DOI 10.1134/S2079086413050058
• Karelin D.V., Pochikalov A.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Gitarskii M.L. Factors of Spatiotemporal Variability of CO2 Fluxes from Soils of Southern Taiga Spruce Forests of Valdai // Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2014. Vol. 7. No. 7. P. 743–752.
• Karelin D.V., Zamolodchikov D.G. Carbon Balance in Tundra under Contemporary Climate: Significance of Belowground Net Carbon Flux // Doklady Biological Sciences, 2014. Vol. 458. P. 286–288. DOI: 10.1134/S001 2496614050032
• Pochikalov A.V., Karelin D.V. A Field Study of Tundra Plant Litter Decomposition Rate via Mass Loss and Carbon Dioxide Emission: the Role of Biotic and Abiotic Controls, Biotope, Season of Year, and Spatial-Temporal Scale // Biology Bulletin Reviews, 2015. Vol. 5. No. 1. P. 1–16. 2015. DOI: 10.1134/S20790864 15010077
• Butovskaya M.L., Lazebny O.E., Vasilyev V.A., Dronova D.A., Karelin D.V., et al. Androgen Receptor Gene Polymorphism, Aggression, and Reproduction in Tanzanian Foragers and Pastoralists // PLOS ONE 10(8): e0136208. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0136208 August 20, 2015.
• Butovskaya M., Burkova V., Karelin D., Fink B. Digit Ratio (2D:4D), Aggression, and Dominance in the Hadza and the Datoga of Tanzania // American journal of human biology. 2015. V. 27. Issue P. 620–627. 2015. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22718
• Karelin D.V., Lyuri D.I., Goryachkin S.V., Lunin V.N., Kudikov A.V. Changes in the carbon dioxide emission from soils in the course of postagrogenic succession in the Chernozem forest-steppe // Eurasian Soil Science. November 2015. V. 48. Issue 11. P. 1229– DOI: 10.1134/S1064229315110095
• Karelin D.V., Goriachkin S.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Dolgikh A.V., Zazovskaya E.P., Shishkov V.A., Pochikalov A.V., Sirin A.A., Suvorov G.G., Kraev G.N. The Influence of Local Anthropogenic Factors on Soil Emission of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases In Cryogenic Ecosystems // ZH OBSHCH BIOL. 2016. V. 77. 3. P. 167–181. WOS:000379993000001
• Karelin D.V., Goryachkin S.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Dolgikh, Zazovskaya E.P., Shishkov V.A., Kraev G.N. Human Footprints on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Cryogenic Ecosystems // Doklady Earth Sciences, 2017. V. 477. Part 2. P. 1467–1469. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X17120133
• Karelin D.V., Goryachkin S.V., Kudikov A.V., Lopes de Gerenu V.O., Lunin V.N., Dolgikh A.V., Lyuri D.I. Changes in Carbon Pool and CO₂ Emission in the Course of Postagrogenic Succession on Gray Soils (Luvic Phaeozems) in European Russia // Eurasian Soil Science, 2017. Vol. 50. No. 5. P. 559–572. DOI: 10.7868/S0032180X17050070
• Karelin D.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Kaganov V.V., Pochikalov A.V., Gitarskii M.L. Microbial and root components of respiration of Sod-Podzolic soils in boreal forest. Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 2017. V. 10. No. 7. P. 717–727. DOI: 10.1134/S199542551707006X
• Karelin D.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Isaev A.S. Unconsidered sporadic sources of carbon dioxide emission from soils in taiga forests. Doklady biological sciences. 2017. V. 475. P. 165– DOI: 10.1134/S0012496617040093
• Butovskaya Marina L., Butovskaya Polina R.,Vasilyev Vasiliy A., Sukhodolskaya Jane M., Fekhredtinova Dania I., Karelin Dmitri V., Fedenok Julia N., Mabulla Audax Z.P., Ryskov Alexey P., Lazebny Oleg E. Serotonergic gene polymorphisms (5-httlpr, 5htr1a, 5htr2a), and population differences in aggression: traditional (hadza and datoga) and industrial (Russians) populations compared // Journal of Physiological Anthropology. 2018. Vol. 37. P. 1– DOI: 10.1186/s40101-018-0171-0
• Butovskaya M.L., Windhager S., Karelin D., Mezentseva A., Schaefer K., Fink B. Associations of physical strength with facial shape in an African pastoralist society, the Maasai of Northern Tanzania // PLoS ONE. 2018. Vol. 13(5): e0197738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197738
• Abramov A., Davydov S., Ivashchenko A., Karelin D., Kholodov A., Kraev G., Lupachev A., Maslakov A., Ostroumov V., Rivkina E., Shmelev D., Sorokovikov V., Tregubov O., Veremeeva A., Zamolodchikov D., Zimov Two decades of active layer thickness monitoring in northeastern Asia // Polar Geography. 2021. V. 44. №. 3. P. 186-202. DOI: 10.1080/1088937X.2019.1648581
• Karelin D.V., Zamolodchikov D.G., Shilkin A.V., Popov S.Yu., Kumanyaev A.S., Lopes de Gerenyu V.O., Tel’nova N.O., Gitarskiy M.L. The effect of tree mortality on CO₂ fluxes in an old-growth spruce forest // European Journal of Forest Research. 2021. V. 140. С. 287–305 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-020-01330-3
• Butovskaya M., Marczak M., Misiak M., Karelin D., Białek M., Sorokowski P. Approach to Resource Management and Physical Strength Predict Differences in Helping: Evidence From Two Small-Scale Societies // Frontiers in Psychology. 2020. V. 11:373. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00373
• Karelin D., Goryachkin S., Zazovskaya E., Shishkov V., Pochikalov A., Dolgikh A., Sirin A., … & Gleb Kraev. Greenhouse gas emission from the cold soils of Eurasia in natural settings and under human impact: Controls on spatial variability // Geoderma Regional. 2020. V. 22. P. 1–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00290
• Smagin A.V., Karelin D.V. Effect of Wind on Soil-Atmosphere Gas Exchange // Eurasian Soil Science. 2021. Vol. 54. No. 3. P. 372–380. DOI: 10.1134/S1064229321030133
• Butovskaya M., Burkova V., Apalkova Y., Dronova D., Rostovtseva V., Karelin D., Mkrtchyan R., Negasheva M., Batsevich V. Sex, population origin, age and average digit length as predictors of digit ratio in three large world populations // Scientific Reports. 2021. V. 11. № 8157. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87394-6