Biography
Education
Gorky Engineering and Construction Institute named after V.P. Chkalov, specialization — "heat and gas supply and ventilation," 1964; Gorky Institute of Foreign Languages (correspondence division).
Main Areas of Research
Heat and mass transfer in industrial and agricultural buildings and structures, including in biologically active environments; building thermal physics of buildings and structures; management of temperature and humidity regimes of buildings and structures; dynamics of moisture transfer based on the concept of moisture potential, including in biologically active environments; energy conservation in modern industrial and agricultural buildings; development of product- and energy-saving microclimate parameters and technologies in modern agricultural production buildings and structures; creation and maintenance of design microclimate parameters in religious buildings; architectural and construction ecology.
Key Career Facts
Holds 2 patents (ventilation of industrial buildings). Author of more than 200 published academic and methodological works, including 4 monographs, 9 textbooks, and the standard "Orthodox Churches. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning." Under the academic supervision of V.I. Bodrov, 3 doctoral and 18 candidate dissertations have been defended.
Membership in Academic and Public Organizations
Member of two doctoral dissertation councils, serving as deputy chairman of one of them. Member of the educational and methodological commission for the specialization "heat and gas supply and ventilation" of the Teaching and Methodological Association of higher education institutions in the field of architecture and construction. Head of the Volga Regional Branch of the Association of Engineers in Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Heat Supply, and Building Thermal Physics (AVOK). Academician of the Housing and Utilities Academy of the Russian Federation. Member of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts. Advisor to the Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences.