Participation in conferences with presentations, invited talks
1. A talk for the Planetary Science Institute "A Record of Extreme Events in Polygranular Zircon," Nov 2024.
2. Invited Speaker at "Understanding Analytical Techniques: A Workshop for Geoscientists" by MinTek, Oct 2024.
3. Talk at the University of Bremen "Phase transforming, twisting, boiling,
decomposing, and rejoining… A record of extreme events in polygranular zircon," Dec 2023.
4. 28th Meeting of the Petrology Group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland „Oceanic Lithosphere: rocks, minerals, and critical recourses,” Bielawa, Poland, Oct 2023.
5. GeoCongress 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Jan 2023.
6. 27th Meeting of the Petrology Group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland „Gangue rocks: insights from nature, anthropogene, laboratory and Solar System,” Rudy, Poland, Oct 2022.
7. International Congress-Festival – CIRIR 2022, Center for International Research and Restitution on Impact and on Rochechouart, France, June – July.
8. XXXVII Fortov International Conference on Equations of State for Matter (ELBRUS 2022), Russia (hybrid event), March 2022.
9. 3rd European Mineralogical Conference, Krakow, Poland (online), Aug – Sept 2021.
10. Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution (LMI) VI, Brasília, Brazil, Sept – Oct 2019.
11. Igneous Metamorphic Studies Group (IMSG) 11th annual meeting, Parys, South Africa, Jan 2019.
12. 81st Meteoritical Society Annual Meeting, Moscow, Russia, July 2018.
13. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2018.
14. Igneous Metamorphic Studies Group (IMSG) 10th annual meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, Jan 2018.
15. Conference on Accessory Minerals 2017, Vienna, Austria, Sept 2017.
16. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2017.
17. Igneous Metamorphic Studies Group (IMSG) 9th annual meeting, Muldersdrift, South Africa, Jan 2017.
18. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, Aug – Sept 2016.
19. Igneous Metamorphic Studies Group (IMSG) 8th annual meeting, Langebaan, South Africa, Jan 2016.
20. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr – May 2014.
21. 22nd Annual Conference of the German Crystallographic Society, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, March 2014.
22. MinPet 2013, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Sept 2013.
23. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2013.
24. The FOR741 research group “Nanoscale Processes and Geomaterial Properties” meeting, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, March 2013.
25. V scientific conference in the Comprehensive Gymnasium № 1514, Department of Theory of History of World Culture “Modern humanity knowledge: the dialogue of the generations,” Moscow, Russia, March 2011.
26. XVI Russian Session of Experimental Mineralogy, Chernogolovka, Russia, Sept 2010.
27. XXVII International Conference and Workshop “Geochemistry of Alkaline rocks,” Moscow (Russia) – Koktebel’ (Ukraine), Sept 2010.
28. The 6th Professor L.L. Perchuk International School of Earth’s Sciences (I.S.E.S.), Odessa, Ukraine, Sept 2010.
29. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 2010.
30. 1st World - Y.E.S. (Young Earth Scientists for Society) Congress, Beijing, China, Oct 2009.
31. The 5th International School of Earth’s Sciences, Odesa, Ukraine, Sept 2009.
32. The 4th International School of Earth’s Sciences, Odesa, Ukraine, Sept 2008.
Organized/Attended Field Trips and Field Workshops
1. Organized and lead Honors mapping and structural geology field trip to the Roberson area, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 9 – 14 Apr, 2024.
2. Field trip to the Ślęża Massif, Poland, 22 Oct, 2023.
3. Sampling of drill core at CIRIR, Rochechouart, France, Aug 2023.
4. Organized and lead Honors mapping and structural geology field trip to the Klein Pella, Poffadder, Northern Cape, South Africa, 27 – 31 March, 2023.
5. Field trip to the coal-waste dumps in the Rybnik part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland, 24 Oct, 2022.
6. Field trip to the Nördlinger Ries/Steinheim impact structures, Germany, 14-18 July, 2022.
7. Field trip to the Rochechouart impact structure, France, 4-6 July, 2022.
8. Organized and lead Honors mapping and structural geology field trip to the Big Syncline, Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa, 24 March – 3 April, 2022.
9. Field trip to Vredefort impact structure, South Africa, 10-15 Jan 2022.
10. Field trip to Kara impact structure, Polar Urals, Russia, 5-22 Aug 2021.
11. Organized and lead Honors mapping and structural geology field trip to the Big Syncline, Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa, 13 – 22 May, 2021.
12. Field trip to the Big Syncline, Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa, 22-24 Feb, 2021.
13. Sampling trip to the Maremane Dome, Western Cape, South Africa, 15-17 Oct, 2020.
14. Organized and attended multiple mapping and sampling field trips to the Vredefort Impact Structure, 2016-2020 & 2022 field seasons.
15. Field excursion to the Araguainha impact structure, Brazil, 4-8 Oct 2019.
16. Field trip to the Johannesburg Dome, South Africa, 18 Jan 2017.
17. Organized and conducted a student field trip to the Vredefort Impact Structure, South Africa, 12-13 Aug 2016.
18. Field trip to Namaqua Metamorphic Terrain, South Africa, 27-30 Apr 2016.
19. Sampling field trip to Cradock area, Karoo dolerites, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 1-2 Apr 2016.
20. Field trip to the Western Cape, Late-Precambrian Cape Granite Suite, South Africa, 17 and 20 Jan 2016.
21. Field trip to the Vredefort Impact Structure, South Africa, 23-24 Sept 2015.
22. Field trip to the Harmony gold mines, South Africa, 18th Sept 2015.
23. Field trip to Barberton Greenstone Belt and Bushveld Layered Mafic Intrusion, South Africa, July 2015.
24. Field trip to Ries impact crater, Germany, collaboration with Ludwig-Maximilians University, Aug 2014.
25. Field trip in Stubaital, Central Alps, Austria, mapping and sampling, July 2013.
26. Excursion on Regional Geology of the Calcareous Alps, July 2012.
27. Sampling in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Northern Italy, the inner arc of the Alpine mountains, July 2012.
28. Structural geology and tectonics field excursion and sampling in the Eastern Alps, Western Tauern Window, Zillertal, June 2012.
29. The Limpopo International Field Workshop, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2008.
30. Workshop on magmatic and metamorphic petrology, Ural Mountains, Russia, July 2007.
31. Geological mapping and stratigraphy, Crimea, Ukraine, June-July 2007.
32. Geological field trip to Crimea, Ukraine, June 2006.
33. Field trips to Karelia, Solovetsky Islands, Khibini and Caucasus Mountains, Russia, summer 2006, 2007.