2024: Ph.D. in Eastern European history

Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. Dissertation title: “In Dire Straits. Struggle with Industrial Water Pollution and Emergence of Russia’s Environmental Policy (1873-1931)”.

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Julia Herzberg, Prof. Dr. Dr. Christof Mauch. Grade: Summa cum laude.

2013: Candidate of historical sciences

Shigabutdin Mardzhani Historical Institute, Kazan. Dissertation title: “Kazan Province in the 19^th – 21^st Centuries: Environmental and Sanitary Problems of Industrial Development”.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aidar Kalimullin.

2011-2013: Graduate studies

2006-2011: Specialität

Elabuga State Pedagogcial University, history teacher.

Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO). Leipzig, Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department “Human and Nature” (Since 2023). Member of the 5-year research project “Melting Mountains. Society, Environment, and the Vertical Climate Frontier in the Greater Altai (1950–2020)”, conduct historical research on climate change adaptation in the Greater Altai region.

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Munich, Germany

Researcher, DFG Project “In Dire Straits: Struggle with Industrial Water Pollution and the Emergence of Russia’s Environmental Policy” (2021-2024).

Conducted archival and library research on industrial pollution and early environmental policy in late imperial and Soviet Russia. Co-convened two international workshops. Contributed to the project’s analytical framework and publication outputs. Work resulted in a PhD successfully defended in 2024.

Tyumen State University. Tyumen, Russia

Senior Researcher, School for Environmental and Social Studies.

Conducted interdisciplinary research on ecological transformation and local communities in post-Soviet Russia. Organized academic seminar series in the environmental humanities. Convened international conferences and workshops. Designed and directed the first master’s programs in environmental humanities in Russia and the post-Soviet space. Successfully led two student cohorts through the program

Naberezhnye Chelny State Pedagogical University. Naberezhnye Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Senior Researcher, Head of the Research Management Office (2018–2020).

Coordinated the development and implementation of the university’s research strategy, academic events and internal research support. Assisted in securing external funding through national and international grant proposals.

Kazan Federal University. Kazan and Elabuga, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer (2011-2018).

Participated in interdisciplinary academic initiatives and public outreach. Taught courses in history and cultural studies. Supervised undergraduate research and contributed to curriculum development.