Author - Yury Nurmeev

Institute presented to Anand Kamavisdar, Counsellor for Science and Technology at the Embassy of India in Russia

During a tour of Kazan Federal University, Anand Kamavisdar visited the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies. Representing the Institute, the meeting was moderated by Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences. Participants included Pavel Krylov, Deputy Director for Research; Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Continuing Education and Industrial Partnerships; Vladislav Sudakov, Deputy Director for Marketing at...

Researcher Abdolreza Farhadian receives two awards in Iran

Abdolreza Farhadian, a senior researcher at the Research Laboratory of Hydrate Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Utilization and Storage and associate professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technology, was named the laureate of the Khorezmi Youth Prize and the World Intellectual Property Organization National Prize. The award ceremony took...

Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev opens Museum-Laboratory of Natural Sciences at Qayum Nasyri Secondary School

Kazan Federal University co-organized the 5th International Scientific and Practical Conference Nasyri Readings. The event, which took place at Nasyri Secondary Tatar-Russian School No. 80 with Advanced Study of Selected Subjects (Kazan), was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Education Department of the Kazan Executive Committee. The key...

GeoUrbo student science club commended during meeting of winners of Student of the Year in Tatarstan 2025

The club’s work, recognized with a laureate diploma in the Student Research Organization of the Year category, was presented to First Vice-Rector for Research Dmitry Tayursky, Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Moral Education Arif Mezhvedilov, and other participants of the event, which was held as part of the republican science festival Territory of Knowledge, by...

Institute toured by Delta Oil Service delegation

A delegation from the oilfield service company Delta Oil Service, led by General Director Rifkat Nasretdinov, visited on February 11. In the morning, a meeting was held with representatives of the university leadership. Participants included: Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences; Mikhail Varfolomeev, Director of the KFU Low-Tonnage Chemical Technology Park and Chair of the Department...

Kazan Federal University scientists established patterns of distribution of rare and rare-earth elements in ancient rocks

Scientists from the Department of Paleontology and Stratigraphy have identified patterns in the distribution of rare and rare-earth elements in the Visean terrigenous and coal-bearing deposits of the Melekess Depression (Kama Coal Basin, Volga-Ural subregion). The obtained results are presented in an article published in the Vestnik of the North-East Scientific Center of the Far-Eastern Branch of...

Institute representatives awarded during Territory of Knowledge festival

The event was held on February 10. Third-year student Yaroslav Burylin was recognized for his active participation in student scientific societies and his contribution to the development of the student club movement. He is a member of the Geobarsy (Geological Snow Leopards) Student Scientific Club. The student is a winner and runner-up in various competitions and Olympiads. Notably,...

2026 Russia-China Conference of Outstanding Scientists features Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev

The event took place in Sanya, Hainan Province, from January 30 till February 1. The event was organized by the Russia-China Institute for Fundamental Research, established in September of last year by Moscow State University and Peking University in accordance with a decision by the leaders of both countries. The conference brought together leading scientists and experts...

Omani oil company OQ looking to establish cooperation with KFU

Representatives of OQ (headquartered in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman) arrived for a working visit on 4th February. During the meeting, attended by Vice-Rector for International Affairs Timirkhan Alishev, KFU scientists presented their promising technological developments. The discussion was also joined by Svetlana Selivanovskaya, Director of the Institute of Enviornmental Sciences and Biotechnology; Mikhail Varfolomeev, Director of the KFU Low-Tonnage...

26th Zilant Open Environmental Forum held at KFU

This year's theme was Flora of the Republic of Tatarstan and its Protection. The event united approximately 250 students in grades 8 to 11 from 39 schools in Kazan and 12 municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as the Republic of Mari El. Among the invited jury and guests were representatives of the...