Contests and awards

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...

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,...

Institute holds final stage of secondary school contest in geology and petroleum science

More than 100 Russian school students in grades 5–11 competed in the finals. “The Olympiad consists of two rounds. The first, qualifying round was held using remote access technologies in November. Students whose work the jury recognized as the best were invited to the final (in-person) round - about 45 percent of all participants,” saidAndrey Teryokhin,...

Award ceremony of the Interregional Association of Geography Teachers of Russia held at KFU

A certificate recognizing honorary membership in the association was presented by KFU Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev to Ilgizar Gaisin, Professor of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Geographical and Environmental Education, and Chair of the association’s regional branch in the Republic of Tatarstan. For many years of productive work within the public and...

Alexander Gusev awarded 2nd Class Medal for Outstanding Achievements in Cosmonautics

Alexander Gusev, Engineer in the Department of General Geology and Hydrogeology at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University, has been awarded the 2nd Class medal For Outstanding Achievements in Cosmonautics. The medal is conferred by the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. “Alexander Vasilievich is a full member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics....

Vladislav Sudakov and Alexey Vakhin among winners of the Government of Russia Award in Science and Technology

The two KFU employees and their colleagues from Tatneft were awarded for the development and implementation of innovative technologies for in-situ upgrading and efficient heavy oil production from complex reservoirs. Since 2014, scientists and specialists from Kazan Federal University have been working to improve the efficiency of extra-viscous oil (EVO) production by upgrading it directly in...

KFU Student Chapter of the Association of Geologists, Geophysicists and Engineers commended as best during the 2nd AGGE Congress

The Congress was held as part of the Russian Industry Energy Conference in Moscow. The event was attended by Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences; Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Continuing Education and Industrial Partnerships of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies; Vladislav Sudakov, Deputy Director for Marketing at the Gazpromneft-KFU Scientific and Educational Center; and Anastasia Yusupova, Senior...

ResNeuro, KFU’s proprietary software kit, wins commendation at Russian Energy Week 2025

ResNeuro is designed to localize residual oil reserves at fields in the late stages of development. The innovative method identifies areas of deposits with the lowest degree of hydrocarbon biodegradation, which is where residual oil reserves are most often found. The software suite was presented at the competition by young scientists Lead Engineer Vasilya Garifullina and...

10 IGPT students among winners of the sixth season of Student Startup competition

The results were announced recently by the federal ministry. Here are the young people set to receive 1 million rubles in funding for their projects: Ilmir Gizatullin, Digital flow meter - forecast and retrospective division of production by layers; Nikita Kozyrev, Thermofoam acid compositions with controlled kinetics for increasing well productivity in high-volume oil fields; Bulat Miftakhov, Utilization of...

KFU scientists among top 2% in the world in new rankings

Co-authored by Stanford University and Scopus, the ranking uses an integral parameter, the so-called C-score combining six citation indices. The eight scientists who entered the 2025 list are: Airat Dimiev, Lead Research Associate, Institute of Chemistry; Albert Rizvanov, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Gene and Cell Technologies, Secretary Academician of the Department of Medical and Biological Sciences of the...