Date and place of birth: July 12, 1953, Moscow, Russia.

Academic degree/rank: Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor.

Affiliation: Vice-rector of Education and Training, Head of Department of Organic Chemistry and Petroleum Chemistry, Gubkin University, Moscow, Russian Federation.

ORCID: 0000-0001-5755-5291

Scopus ID: 7103357969

ResearcherID: S-8625-2016

AuthorID: 354898

Education and skills:

• Candidate of Science degree in chemistry after defence of dissertation on the theme: Synthesis of Five-Membered Nitrogen-Containing Heterocylces with Fragments of Sterically Hindered Phenol (1985);
• Doctor of Science degree in chemistry after defence of dissertation on the theme: Synthesis and Properties of Five- and Six Membered Nitrogen-Containing Heterocylces with Two and Three Heteroatoms.

Research interests (key words): chemistry of petroleum hydrocarbons, chemical agents for oil and gas industry.

Professional development:

• Probationer, Post Graduate, Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor (1975–1996), Department of Organic Chemistry and Petroleum Chemistry, Gubkin University;
• Professor and Head of Department of Organic Chemistry and Petroleum Chemistry, Gubkin University (since 1996);
• First Vice-rector of Education and Training (1998–2000, 2013 up to date);
• Director of Sciences, Institute of Oilfield Chemistry, Gubkin University.

Awards:

• Honored Worker of Higher School of the Russian Federation (2015);
• Russian Government Prize winner in science and technology (2001);
• Academician Gubkin Prize winner (2010);
• Honorable Petrochemist (2000);
• Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education (2003);
• Medal in Commemoration of the 85th Anniversary of Moscow.

Academic and professional communities:

• Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Oil and Gas Section (2008);
• Full member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) (1998);
• Member of the Fossil and Renewable Carbonaceous Crude Chemistry Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1998);
• Сo-chairman of the Federal Association for Highen Education in the Field of Mining, Oil & Gas, Geodesy and Geology;
• Member of the Editorial Board of journals Petroleum Chemistry and Butlerov Communications.

Publications: More than 300 scientific publications.

The main publications:

Research papers:

• Ivanova L. V., Makarov I. A., Primerova O. V., Burov E. A., Sorokina A. S., Koshelev V. N. Comparative study of the depressant-dispersant additives efficiency in diesel fuel. ChemChemTech. 2022;65(3):60-66. https://doi.org/10.6060/ivkkt.20226503.6446;
• Miller V. K., Ivanova L. V., Mansur G. M., Koshelev V. N., Mkrtychan V. R. Determination of wax appearance temperature in various crude oils. Tekhnologii Nefti i Gaza. 2022;(1):49–54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32935/1815-2600-2022-138-1-49-54;
• Sorokina A. S., Burov E. A., Koshelev V. N., Ivanova L. V., Shaidullina G. M., Rakov D. V. Chromatographic methods of investigation of hydrocarbon composition of diesel fuels. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils. 2021;57(5):770-776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-021-01305-z;
• Vorobyev S. V., Primerova O. V., Bylikin S. Y., Koshelev V. N. Lactamomethylation of alkylphenols: Synthesis and quantum-chemical study of the reaction pathway. Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 2021;14(11):103424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103424;
• Morozov A. L., Evdakushin A. Y., Koshelev V. N. et al. Best practices when operating a unit for removing hydrogen sulfide from residual fuel oil. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils. 2021;57(4):630-634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-021-01286-z;
• Burov E. A., Ivanova L. V., Koshelev V. N. et al. Evaluation of the efficiency of functional additives to winter diesel fuels of various hydrocarbon group compositions. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils. 2021;57(1):16-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-021-01223-0;
• Miller V. K., Ivanova L. V., Mansur G., Budilova S. K. U., Koshelev V. N., Primerova O. V. The structural features of resins and asphaltenes of crude oils from Udmurtia oilfields. ChemChemTech. 2021;64(10):113-118. https://doi.org/10.6060/ivkkt.20216410.6370;
• Aleksanyan K. G., Koshelev V. N., Cheban E. G., Stokolos O. A. et al. Dependence of the antioxidant properties of some spatially substituted phenols on the calculated parameters of the structure of antioxidant molecules. ChemChemTech. 2021;64(11):35-43. https://doi.org/10.6060/ivkkt.20216411.6476;
• Martynov V. G., Koshelev V. N., Mayer V. V., Tumanov A. A. Oil and gas education in Russia: Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii. 2021;30(8-9):144-157. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-8-9-144-157;
• Martynov V. G., Koshelev V. N., Dushin A. V. Modern challenges for oil and gas education. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii. 2021;29(12):9-20. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-12-9-20;
• Burov E. A., Ivanova L. V., Koshelev V. N., Sorokina A. S. Influence of Group Hydrocarbon Composition of Diesel Fuels on Depressant Additive Efficiency. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils. 2020;56(2):149-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-020-01123-9;
• Koshelev V. N., Primerova O. V., Vorobyev S. V., Ivanova L. V. Synthesis, redox properties and antibacterial activity of hindered phenols linked to heterocycles. Molecules. 2020;25(10):2370. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25102370;
• Koshelev V. N., Lopatin A. S., Sheinbaum V. S. Following the precepts of I.M. Gubkin. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii. 2020;29(4):51-62. https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-4-51-62;
• Koshelev V. N., Primerova O. V., Ivanova L. V., Kutcherov V. G. Synthesis of Triazole Derivatives with Sterically Hindered Phenol Fragments. Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 2020, 53(1), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00304948.2020.1823768;
• Stokolos O. A., Ivanova L. V., Sorokin A. S., Koshelev V. N. Comparative Study of the Composition and Structure of Naphthenic Acids of Crude Oil from the Naftalan and Anastasievsko-Troitskoe Fields. Petroleum Chemistry, 2020, 60(1), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965544120010132;
• Vorobyev S. V., Primerova O. V., Ivanova L. V., Ryabov V. D., Koshelev V. N. Facile synthesis of phenolic derivatives, containig lactamomethyl substituents. Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Seriya Khimiya i Khimicheskaya Tekhnologiya, 2019, 62(10), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.6060/ivkkt.20196210.5930;
• Gordadze G. N., Poshibaeva A. R., Giruts M. V., Gayanova A. A., Semenova E. M., Koshelev V. N. Formation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Prokaryote Biomass: 2. Formation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Biomarkers from Biomass of Geobacillus jurassicus Bacteria Isolated from Crude Oil. Petroleum Chemistry, 2018, 58(12), 1005-1012. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965544118120034;
• Dutov M. D., Kachala V. V., Ugrak B. I., Korolev V. A., Popkov S. V., Aleksanyan D. R., Rusina O. N., Aleksanyan K. G., Koshelev V. N. Synthesis and fungicidal activity of new 4-hydroxy-6-trifluoromethyl-2-phenylindoles. Mendeleev Communications, 2018, 28 4), 437-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mencom.2018.07.033;
• Gordadze G., Kerimov V., Giruts M., Poshibaeva A., Koshelev V. Genesis of the asphaltite of the Ivanovskoe field in the Orenburg region, Russia. Fuel, 2018, 216, 835-842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.11.146;
• Gordadze G. N., Poshibaeva A. R., Giruts M. V., Perevalova A. A., Koshelev V. N. Formation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Prokaryote Biomass: 1. Formation of Petroleum Biomarker Hydrocarbons from Thermoplasma sp. Archaea Biomass. Petroleum Chemistry, 2018, 58(3), 186-189. https://doi.org/10.1134/S096554411803009X;
• Dutov M. D., Shevelev S. A., Koshelev V. N., Aleksanyan D. R. et. al. Dual reactivity of 1-chloro- and 1-bromo-3,5-dinitrobenzenes in aromatic nucleophilic substitution. Mendeleev Communications, 2017; 27(2), 160-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mencom.2017.03.018;
• Koshelev V. N., Ivanova L. V., Primerova O. V., Alasadi R. T. K. Synthesis of novel 4-R-1,2,4-triazolin-5-thiones containing space-hindered fragment of phenol. Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Seriya Khimiya i Khimicheskaya Tekhnologiya, 2017, 60(3), 43-47. https://doi.org/10.6060/tcct.2017603.5473;
• Gordadze G. N., Giruts M. V., Poshibaeva A. R., Koshelev V. N. The formation features of C10–C20 regular petroleum isoprenanes. Petroleum Chemistry, 2016, 56(8), 672-676. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965544116080077.

Conference papers:

• Primerova O. V., Koshelev V. N., Sabitov E. R. Synthesis and antioxidant properties of novel 1,2,4-triazoles with 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol fragments. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2021;808(1):012030. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/808/1/012030;
• Vorobyev S. V., Barkovskii A. A., Koshelev V. N. Outlook of C-substituted benzotriazoles application as corrosive inhibitors. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2021;808(1):012028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/808/1/012028;
• Bessel V. V., Koshelev V. N., Kutcherov V. G. et al. Sustainable transformation of the global energy system: Natural gas in focus. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2020;408(1):012001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/408/1/012001.