Biography

Igor Savin is a Professor at Agrarian-technological Institute of Peoples` Friendship University of Russia, and vice-director of V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute in Moscow, Russia. Prof. Savin has over 300 scientific papers and projects either presented or published. He is an internationally recognized expert in Soil Science, and Agronomy. He is a regularly sought after and requested lecturer at the majority of agricultural schools and Universities throughout Russia, and former USSR republics. Prof. Savin is the deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Dokuchaev Soil Bulletin, Member of Editorial board of Mountainous Agriculture Journal. Recent publications include papers on digital soil mapping, and land monitoring based on remote sensing data. Prof. Savin routinely lectures on various topics related to usage of remote sensing data and GIS for crop and soil monitoring. He has served as a member of various scientific societies and acted on a number of institutional committees. Prof. Savin is recognized by his peers as a Soil and Crop science expert that integrates new technologies into practice. He holds a specialist degree in Geography from Moscow State University, PhD degree, and Doctor of Science degree from V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Soil Geography

62%

Soil Classification

90%

Soil Mapping

75%

Agricultural Science

55%

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Selected Publications

Prudnikova, E.Y. and I.Y. Savin, 2015. Satellite assessment of dehumification of arable soils in Saratov region. Eurasian Soil Sci., 48: 533-539.
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Savin, I.Y., 2014. Soil-geographical characteristics of the western part of the democratic people's republic of Korea. Geogr. Nat. Resour., 35: 284-292.
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Savin, I.Y. and S.V. Ovechkin, 2014. On the updating of medium-scale soil maps. Eurasian Soil Sci., 47: 987-994.
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Kirillova, N.P., T.M. Sileva, T.Y. Ul'ynova and I.Y. Savin, 2014. Match method and its application for the development of a large-scale soil map. Eurasian Soil Sci., 47: 995-1004.
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Rembold, F., C. Atzberger, I. Savin and O. Rojas, 2013. Using low resolution satellite imagery for yield prediction and yield anomaly detection. Remote Sensing, 5: 1704-1733.
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Stathakis, D., K. Perakis and I. Savin, 2012. Efficient segmentation of urban areas by the VIBI. Int. J. Remote Sens., 33: 6361-6377.
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Medvedeva, M.A., I.Y. Savin and V.A. Isaev, 2012. Determination of area of drought-affected crops based on satellite data (exemplified by crops in Chuvashia in 2010). Russ. Agric. Sci., 38: 121-124.
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Confalonieri, R., S. Bregaglio, A.S. Rosenmund, M. Acutis and I. Savin, 2011. A model for simulating the height of rice plants. Eur. J. Agron., 34: 20-25.
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Fritz, S., M. Massart, I. Savin, J. Gallego and F. Rembold, 2008. The use of Modis data to derive acreage estimations for larger fields: A case study in the south-western Rostov region of Russia. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf., 10: 453-466.
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Savin, I.Y., D. Stathakis, T. Negre and V.A. Isaev, 2007. Prediction of crop yields with the use of neural networks. Russ. Agric. Sci., 33: 361-363.
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Savin, I.Y., 2003. Soil inventory with the use of GIS technologies. Eur. Soil Sci., 36: 1057-1064.
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Stolbovoi, V, L. Montanarella, V. Medvedev, N. Smeyan and L. Shishov et al., 2001. Integration of data on the soils of Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine into the soil geographic database of the European community. Eurasian Soil Sci., 34: 687-703.