Limnological Institute
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
+7 (3952) 42-65-04
info@lin.irk.ru

Baikal International Center for Ecological Research (BICER)

BICER was founded on the basis of Limnological Institute of SB RAS on the initiative of Academician V.A. Koptyug in accordance with the Decision of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences of December 3, 1990.

1990-1997 - Michael A. Grachev, Corresponding Member of RAS, the first Executive Director of BICER
1997- till present - Oleg A. Timoshkin, Ph. D. in Biology, the managing Executive Director

History of BICER (Russian/English languages) PDF
Reports of BICER (Russian/English languages) PDF
Memorandums of BICER (Russian/English languages) PDF
Projects of BICER (Russian/English languages) PDF

Founding Members: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
University of South Carolina (USA)
Royal Society of London (Great Britain)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Environmental Physics, EAWAG (Switzerland)
Japanese Association for Baikal International Research Program (Japan)
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (Belgium)
Foreign Partners: Scientific Research Organizations of Great Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Finland, France, China, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Israel, Macedonia, Korea, Mongolia
Field of Research: Studies of Ecological System of Lake Baikal
Studies of Mechanisms and Chronology of Formation of Endemic Species of Lake Baikal
Studies of Global Cycling of Elements and Global Transfer of Most Important Ecotoxicants
Complex Geological, Paleogeographic, Paleontological, and Geochemical Studies of History of Lake Baikal
Address: 3, Ulan-Batorskaya St.
Irkutsk 664033
Russia
Tel. 7 (395-2) 42 65 04
Fax: 7 (395-2) 42 54 05
e-mail: info@lin.irk.ru
  • 1990, Irkutsk, Discussion of Principal Documents of BICER.

    • M.A. Grachev, Corresponding Member of RAS (Limnological Institute of SB RAS, Irkutsk)
    • V.A. Koptyug, Academician, Chairman of Siberian Branch of RAS
    • N.A. Logachev, Academician (Institute of Earth Crust, Irkutsk)
    • Kenneth Nealson, Professor (Center for Great Lakes Studies, Milwaukee, USA)
    • Douglas Williams, Professor (University of South Carolina, USA)

 

  • 1990, University of South Carolina Becomes a Member of BICER.

    • M.A. Grachev, Corresponding Member of RAS (Limnological Institute of SB RAS, Irkutsk)
    • Douglas Williams, Professor (University of South Carolina, USA)

 

  • Visit of Foreign Scientists to Baikal Museum (Listvyanka).