Academic degree/rank: Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor.

Affiliation: Head of Department of Mineral Geology and Exploration Procedure, Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk).

Contact: prospect Krasnoyarskii rabochii 95, Krasnoyarsk, 660025 Russia.

Education: Graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Nonferrous Metals (affiliated by the Siberian Federal University since 2006) as a geological engineer with specialty in mineral survey, prospecting and exploration (1980).

Skills: Doctor of Science degree in geology and mineralogy after defence of dissertation on the theme: Formation Conditions and Geological and Engineering Appraisal Procedure of Gold-Bearing Mining Waste (2001).

Research interests:

• Prediction and metallogeny of nonferrous and noble metals;
• Geological and engineering re-appraisal of mineral mining waste;
• Ore flow management in mining and processing.

Academic and professional communities: Member of the Federal Association for Highen Education in the Field of Mining, Oil & Gas, Geodesy and Geology.

R&D projects:

• Geotechnical mapping and production research during appraisal of gold-bearing weathered layer within the Ozerny site of the Samsonov ore deposit (2001–2002);
• Geological and geotechnical mapping, quality and process properties of waste slag at the Nickel Plant, Norilsk Nickel (2004);
• Gold metallogeny forecast map of the Yenisei Ridge, Scale 1:500 000 and mine area licensing program for Polyus JSC (2008);
• Dynamic management and quality control in mineral mining and processing based on deposit modeling and ore flow supervision (2009);
• Gold-bearing ore prospecting and appraisal in the Dyubkoshsky area (2010–2014);
• Tailings sampling at gold factory 1, 2, 3 of Olimpiada Mining and Processing Plant (2016);
• Geology and geochemistry of germanium-bearing lignite, scientific framework for processing and production of semi-conducting germanium with adjustable properties, grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (2016–2017).

The main publications:

Monographs:

• Makarov V.A., Mikheev V.G., Mezhubovskii V.V., Krivopusk M.P., Matskevich I.P. Geology and Gold Content of the Gerfed–Nikolaevsk Zone, Yenisei Ridge. Krasnoyarsk: SFU, 2013. (In Russ.);
• Makarov V.A., Malinovskii E.G., Katser I.I. et al. Intelligent Technology for Ore Flow Quality Monitoring and Control in Multi-Component Ore Production and Processing. Krasnoyarsk: SFU, 2016. (In Russ.).

Papers:

• Belokonov G., Frenzel M., Priyatkina N.S., Renno A.D., Makarov V., Gutzmer J. Geology and genesis of the Giant Gorevskoe Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia. Economic Geology, 2021,116 (3), pp. 719-746. https://doi.org/10.5382/ECONGEO.4802;
• Naidko V. I., Makarov V. A., Koz’min D. G., Shimanskii A. F., Fertikov A. I. Geologic and geochemical features of cretaceous Ge-bearing lignites in the Yenisei middle reaches. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 2019, 60(1), 86-96. DOI: 10.15372/RGG2019006;
• Bragin V. I., Makarov V. A., Usmanova N. F., Samorodskii P. N. et. al. Mineralogical Examination of Gold Processing Plant Tailings. Journal of Mining Science, 2019, 55(1), 149-156. DOI: 10.1134/S1062739119015407;
• Makarov V. A., Podkopaev O. I., Kozmin D. G., Shimanskii A. F. et. al. Lignite from central watershed of the Yenisei River and prospects for their use for manufacture of germanium. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Engineering&Technologies, 2014,  7(7), 862–871;
• Makarov V. A., Bragin V. I., Malykhin E. V. Mineralogy, geochemistry and recycling of gold ore tailings at Olimpiada Mining and Processing Plant. In: Nonferrous Metals and Minerals: IX International Congress Proceedings, 2017, 834–840.