Ph.D. 1967, Geography, Moscow State University
M.S. 1959 Geography and Geomorphology. Moscow State University,
1991-present - Senior Researcher, Institute of Volcanic Geology and
Geochemistry, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences.
1972-1991 - Senior Researcher, Institute of Volcanology, Far East Division,
Russian Academy of Sciences.
1962-1972 - Junior Researcher, Institute of Volcanology.
1959-1962 - Research assistant Geological-Geophysical Observatory of
AS USSR, Petropavlovsk - Kamchatsky
Field of interests Quaternary stratigraphy, volcanic geomorphology,
tephrochronology, radiocarbon dating of volcanic events based on 36-year
field work experince at Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and Alaska, more than
100 published papers on these issues..
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Braitseva O.A.,Melekestsev I.V., 1991. Eruptive history of Karymsky volcano, Kamchatka, USSR, based on tephra stratigraphy and 14C dating. Bull.Volcanol. Vol.53. P. 195-206.
Braitseva OA, Melekestsev IV, Bogoyavlenskaya GE, Maksimov AP (1991) Bezymianny volcano: the history of formation and activity dynamics. Volc and Seism 12:165-194
Braitseva O.A.,Litasova S.N., Sulerzhitsky L.D. 1992. Validity of radiocarbon dating in regions of active volcanism in Kamchatka. Quaternary International. Vol.13/14. P.143-146.
Braitseva, O.A., Melekestsev, I.V., Ponomareva, V.V., Kirianov, V.Yu.,
Litasova, S.N.
and Sulerzhitsky, L.D., 1992. Tephra of the largest prehistoric Holocene
volcanic eruptions in Kamchatka. Quaternary International, 13/14: 177-180.
Braitseva O.A.,Sulerzhitsky L.D.,Litasova S.N.,Melekestsev I.V.,Ponomareva V.V. 1993. Radiocarbon dating and tephrochronology in Kamchatka. Radiocarbon. Vol.35. No.3. P.463-476.
Braitseva O.A., Melekestsev I.V., Ponomareva V.V., Sulerzhitsky L.D. 1995. The ages of calderas, large explosive craters and active volcanoes in the Kuril-Kamchatka region, Russia. Bull Volcanol 57/6, 383-402
Braitseva, O.A., Melekestsev, I.V., Ponomareva, V.V., and Kirianov, V.Yu. 1996. The caldera-forming eruption of Ksudach volcano about cal. AD 240, the greatest explosive event of our era in Kamchatka. Journ Volcanol Geotherm Research 70/1-2, 49-66
Braitseva O.A., Sulerzhitsky L.D., Ponomareva V.V., Melekestsev I.V. 1997a. Geochronology of the greatest Holocene explosive eruptions in Kamchatka and their imprint on the Greenland glacier shield. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Earth science sections. 352/1: 138
Braitseva O.A., Ponomareva V.V., L.D.Sulerzhitsky, I.V.Melekestsev I.V., Bailey J. 1997b. Holocene key-marker tephra layers in Kamchatka, Russia. Quaternary Research, 47: 125-139