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Valentina Ekimova

Date & Time: Venue:	October 19, 2022, 09:00 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Bolshoi Boulevard, bld. 1, Room E-R2-2030
Candidate:	Valentina Ekimova
PhD Program:	Petroleum Engineering
Thesis Title:	Experimental modeling of gas hydrates interaction with a salt solution in permafrost
Supervisor:	Dr. Evgeny Chuvilin, Skoltech
PhD Defense Jury Reports:	Dr. Sergey Stanchits, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the RAS, Russia (Chairman): report Dr. Mikhail Grigoriev, Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of RAS, Russia: report Dr. Andrey Stoporev, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Russia: report Dr. Dmitry Sergeev, Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience RAS, Russia: report Associate Professor Irina Streletskaya, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia: report Assistant Professor Yongwon Seo, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea: report Associate Professor Dmitry Nicolsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: report Professor Jeffrey Priest, University of Calgary, Canada: report Professor Satoshi Akagawa, Cryosphere Engineering Laboratory, Japan: report Thesis Changes Log
PhD Defense Outcome:	The thesis is accepted “as is.” The candidate is awarded the Skoltech PhD degree.
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