“Microbiology and fundamentals of bacteriology” - course 35,000 rubles. from MSU, training 4 weeks. (1 month), Date: December 5, 2023.

Graduated from the Faculty of Soil Science of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in 2014. In 2019, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “The viability of natural microbial communities under conditions of modeling the parameters of alien soils and outer space.” Area of ​​scientific interests: astrobiology, extreme tolerance, ecology of microorganisms in extreme habitats, radioresistance, stability of biomarkers in extraterrestrial conditions. Author of more than 80 scientific publications, including 18 articles in journals indexed by WoS/Scopus.

Main publications:

V. Cheptsov, A. Belov, O. Soloveva, E. Vorobyova, G. Osipov, N. Manucharova, and M. Gorlenko. Survival and growth of soil microbial communities under influence of sodium perchlorates. International Journal of Astrobiology, p. 1–12, 2020. DOI: 10.1017/S1473550420000312

A. A. Belov, V. S. Cheptsov, N. A. Manucharova, and Z. S. Ezhelev. Bacterial communities of Novaya Zemlya archipelago ice and permafrost. Geosciences, 10(2):1–27, 2020. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10020067

V. S. Cheptsov, S. I. Tsypina, N. V. Minaev, V. I. Yusupov, and B. N. Chichkov. New microorganism isolation techniques with emphasis on laser printing. International Journal of Bioprinting, 5(1):165, 2019. DOI: 10.18063/ijb.v5i1.165

A. Pavlov, V. Cheptsov, D. Tsurkov, V. Lomasov, D. Frolov, and G. Vasiliev. Survival of radioresistant bacteria on Europa’s surface after pulse ejection of subsurface ocean water. Geosciences, 9(1):9, 2019. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9010009

M. V. Gorlenko, E. A. Chutko, E. S. Churbanova, N. V. Minaev, K. I. Kachesov, L. V. Lysak, S. A. Evlashin, V. S. Cheptsov, A. O. Rybaltovskiy, V. I. Yusupov, V. S. Zhigarkov, G. A. Davydova, B. N. Chichkov, and V. N. Bagratashvili. Laser microsampling of soil microbial community. Journal of Biological Engineering, 12:27, 2018. DOI: 10.1186/s13036-018-0117-4

V. Cheptsov, E. Vorobyova, A. Belov, A. Pavlov, D. Tsurkov, V. Lomasov, and S. Bulat. Survivability of soil and permafrost microbial communities after irradiation with accelerated electrons under simulated Martian and open space conditions. Geosciences, 8(8):298, 2018. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8080298

V. S. Cheptsov, E. A. Vorobyova, N. A. Manucharova, M. V. Gorlenko, A. K. Pavlov, M. A. Vdovina, V. N. Lomasov, and S. A. Bulat. 100 kg gamma-affected microbial communities within the ancient arctic permafrost under simulated Martian conditions. Extremophiles, 21(6):1057–1067, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s00792-017-0966-7