International Scientific Seminar
Organizer: Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems, Smart Urban Nature research center, Agrarian and Technological Institute of RUDN University
Area: Science, Education, International cooperation
Subarea: Ecology and nature management
Format: Seminar
Type: International
Title: «Environmental Monitoring Experience in Zaryadye Park: From Agrochemical Soil Surveys to Ecosystem Function Assessments»
Date: February 25, 2026
Location: Yandex Telemost
Contact person: Babich Gleb Olegovich, 1142230303@rudn.ru
About the event:
On February 25, 2026, the scientific center «Smart technologies for sustainable development of the urban environment in the context of global changes» of ATI RUDN University will organize an international scientific seminar «Environmental Monitoring Experience in Zaryadye Park: From Agrochemical Soil Surveys to Ecosystem Function Assessments». The event will be held in a mixed format on the Yandex Telemost platform. The working language is Russian.
Zryadye Park is a unique site for environmental research in the context of urban green infrastructure, distinguished by its location and organization. The park’s territory includes areas that reproduce ecosystems from various climatic zones of Russia. The seminar will examine the results of several years of environmental monitoring conducted by researchers from the RUDN University Agrarian and Technological Institute.
Event program:
17.30 – 18:20
«Monitoring and modeling of the physicochemical properties and ecological functions of soils in Zaryadye Park»
Vyacheslav Vasenev, ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Design, ATI RUDN University
17.50 – 18:10
«Microbiome and mesofauna of soils in Zaryadye Park: spatial diversity, dynamics, and functions»
Ekaterina Kozlova, Junior Researcher at the Center “SUN Lab” ATI RUDN University; Vladimir Myazin, ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Technosphere Safety, ATI RUDN University
18.10 – 18:30
«Modern technologies for assessing, modeling, and monitoring ecosystem functions and services: prospects for use in Zaryadye Park»
Aleksei Yaroslavtsev, ph.D, Associate Professor of the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev; Vyacheslav Vasenev, ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Design, ATI RUDN University
18.20 – 19.00
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