Prof. Elansky is head of the Atmospheric Composition Division at the Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics Russian Academy of Sciences. He received his degree from the Physical Department of the Moscow State University. Prof. Elansky is the Principal Investigator of several scientific projects supported by the European Commission, the Russian Basic Research Foundation and Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the organizer and leader of a number of scientific field stations and of the international project TROICA. In addition, he is Chair of the Ozone Commission of the Russian Geophysical Union; a member of the IGAC Scientific Steering Committee; chairman of the Russian Ozone Seminar; and chairman of the Annual School-Conference for Young Scientists on atmospheric composition and atmospheric chemistry. He has received the NASA Public service group achievement award (1994), NOAA Environmental Hero award (2004) and Honorable Scientist of the Russian Federation (2006).

His expertise is in atmospheric trace gases measurements, atmospheric modeling and the study of atmospheric circulation, and on how meteorological processes influence trace gases' spatial and temporal variability. Prof. Elansky is the lead or contributing author of more than 170 scientific publications.

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