Visiting Professor from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

As part of the "Visiting Professor" program, Yuri Mazey, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology at the Faculty of Biology of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, became a guest of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

Yuri Mazey conducted a series of lectures for students of the Faculty of Biology and Ecology on the topics "From amoebae to ecosystems: diversity and the role of protozoa in nature", "From amoebae to the Anthropocene: paleoecological methods for analyzing the role of climate, fires and humans in the development of swamps". The classes were an excellent opportunity for the students of YKSUG to get acquainted with the leading expert M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, learn new information and deepen their knowledge.

Yuri Mazey also gave a series of lectures for the students of YKSUG on the topic "Biosphere 2.0: life on Earth, planetary crises and the search for signs of life in the universe".

During the visit, a round table meeting was held on topical issues of bolotovology. Olga Yanchurevich, Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Ecology, Natalia Mazey, Senior Researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Studies at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as the faculty, staff and students of the Faculty of Biology and Ecology at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, took part in the discussion of topical issues. In addition, a sightseeing tour of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno was organized, which was conducted by Sviatlana Mardechka, head of the Museum of the History of Development of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

The visit of Yuri Mazey, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, to Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno is aimed at strengthening scientific and educational cooperation between leading universities in Belarus and Russia, opening new horizons for joint projects and interdisciplinary cooperation in the future.