Department
Administration, Director of Museum
Organization
Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
Email
atikh@mail.ru

Location

St. Petersburg
Russian Federation

Interests

Permafrost

Science Specialties

mammalogy, paleontology, quaternary paleoecology

Current Research

Mammoth and mammoth fauna of northern Eurasia, paleontology and paleogeography. The finds of the carcasses of Pleistocene animals in Siberian permafrost (participation in expedition and organization of scientific researches of such finds as woolly mammoth (adults and calves), woolly rhino, Pleistocene horse, Pleistocene bison. Ancient DNA study of extinct mammals. Endangered and recently extinct mammal species in Eurasia.