Since 1997 20 young Russian PhD-students have got their doctoral degree under the Nansen Fellowship Program.

Defended PhD-students (up to 2010)

N	Name	Graduated from	Thesis title	Research period		Supervisors
				*Start*	*Defence*
1.	Kotova, L.	MSU - Chemistry	Complex method of surface oil spill detection	01.10.1996	27.02.1997	Johannessen O.M. Potapov A.I.
2.	Donchenko, V.	Forestry Acad. Spb.	Evaluation of boreal forests state by combination of in-situ and remote sensing techniques	01.01.1995	25.06.1998	Goltsova N.I. Johannessen O.M. Bobylev L.P.
3.	Lyaskovskiy, A.	SPbSU – Applied Mathematics	Solution of forward and inverse problems relating to remote sensing of natural waters	01.02.1997	20.06.2000	Pozdnyakov D.V. Grassl H. Pettersson L.H.
4.	Virolinen, Y.	SPbSU - Physics	Infra-Red Interphorometry of the Atmosphere	01.05.1996	22.06.2000	Timofeev Yu.M. Grassl H.
5.	Bogdanov, A.	SPbSU - Physics	Sea Ice Classification Using Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar	01.04.1996	29.06.2000	Melentyev V.V. Johannessen O.M. Alexandrov V.Yu. Shuchman R. A.
6.	Abdel-Hamid, A.		Geomorphologн of Halaib area –Southeastern Egypt	01.01.2000	06.03.2001	Bobylev L.P. Seliverstov U.B.
7.	Zabolotskikh, L.	Polytechnical Univ., SPb	Retrieval of Atmospheric and Oceanic Parameters from Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing Using Neural Networks	01.03.1997	22.11.2001	Bobylev L.P. Mitnik L.M. T imofeev Yu.M.
8.	Moufaddal, W.	Alexandria Univ. - Geology	Monitoring environmental changes of the coastal zone between South Ras-Shuqier and Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt using LANDSAT satellite imagery	20.11.1998	10.01.2002	Pozdnyakov D.V. Shilov I.O. Pettersson L.H.
9.	Kovalevsky, D.	SPbSU - Physics	Analysis and modelling of Deep Water Convection in the Greenland Sea	01.07.1998	13.06.2002	Alekseev G.V. Johannessen O.M.
10.	Makarova, M	SPbSU - Physics	Study of the variations of atmospheric trace gases by spectroscopic method	15.05.1998	21.06.2002	Timofeev Yu.M. Grassl H.
11.	Akimov, D.	SPbSU – Applied Mathematics	Mesoscale ocean variability manifestations on the radar images	01.01.1996	13.03.2003	Kudryavtsev V.N. Johanessen O.M. Shuchman R.
12.	Filatov, A.	Petrozavodsk SU - Physics	Method of barriers zones identification in the Finnish Bay (Baltic Sea) and some bays in the White Sea as example	01.11.1999	25.12 2003	Donchenko V.K. Rastoskuev V.V.
13.	Khvorostovsky, K.	SPbSU - Geography	Study of Greenland ice sheet elevation changes with the use of satellite altimeter data	01.10.1998	27.05.2004	Johannessen O.M. Bobylev L.P. Arapov P.P.
14.	Rosanova, Yu.	SPbSU-Physics	Satellite ice concentration data assimilation by Sea Arctic Ice Modelling	01.09.2000	16.12.2004	Kudryavtsev V.N. Kuzmina S.I.
15.	Maged Shoukry Kamel Guerguess, Egypt	Alexandria Univ. - Chemisty, Egypt	Analysis of the variability of water masses in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea based on in situ and remote sensing data	01.10.2002	02.02.2006	Chantsev V.Yu.
16.	Samsonov, I.	SPbSU-Physics	Retrieval of liquid water distribution and its total content in convective clouds using aircraft microwave remote sensing	01.05.1997	07.06.2006	Bobylev L.P. Troyan V. N. Shuchman R. A.
17.	Korosov, A.	Karelian State Pedagogical University – Physics and IT	Development and application of the procedure of comprehensive remote sensing for studying water processes in seas and large lakes	01.10.2002	22.05.2007	Pozdnyakov D.V. Pettersson L.H. Grassl H.
18.	Chaika, A.	SPbSU-Physics	Study of stratospheric aerosol using satellite SAGE III data	01.07.2004	29 May 2008	Timofeev Yu. M. Grassl H.
19.	Ivanova, N.	RSHU	Radar sounding of sea surface contamination from satellites: model study and some applications	01.01.2005	19 June 2008	Kudryavtsev V. N. Johannessen O. M.
20.	Zakhvatkina (Piotrovskaya), N.	RSHU - Oceanography	Arctic Ocean sea ice identification using satellite SAR data	01.01.2004	18 June 2009	Frolov I.E. Johannessen O.M. Alexandrov V.Yu. Smirnov V.G.