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Over the course of a month, the scientific team and crew carried out comprehensive oceanographic studies scheduled for 2026 under the Research and Applied Work Program of the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Center for 2025–2029. 
On July 8, 2026, at the meeting of the Dissertation Council 24.2.296.03 at the Far Eastern Federal University, Yulia Vladimirovna Kudryashova successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Ph.D. of Chemical Sciences in the specialty 1.5.15 - Ecology (chemical sciences).
The Presidium of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS) has approved the results of the prestigious 2026 prize competition. The awards recognize outstanding scientists of the Russian Far East across all age categories. Among the laureates are researchers from the V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute. Prestigious academic awards were conferred for large-scale research in marine geology and ecology:
The Russian Academy of Sciences has announced the results of the competition for medals of the Russian Academy of Sciences with prizes for young scientists and students of higher education programs in 2025 (Decree of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 153 dated 30.06.2026). The competition was attended by employees, students, postgraduates and doctoral students of scientific organizations in Russia under the age of 35 years inclusive.
The results of a joint competition between the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and the Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technologies (VAST) have been summed up. The competition is held to support international Russian-Vietnamese research teams and strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of fundamental and applied research.
POI FEB RAS staff took part in the 22nd conference “Pacific-Asian Marginal Seas 2026" (PAMS-2026), which was held from June 16-18 at Hokkaido University (Sappore, Japan).
The field team from the Hydrochemistry Laboratory of the POI FEB RAS has completed route work on the Kamchatka Peninsula as part of the 15th expedition, covering 1,600 km, from the sources to the mouths of Kamchatka's rivers. Water samples were collected at all planned sites.
On June 19, 2026, Mikhail Alekseevich Bolsunovsky successfully defended his dissertation for the degree of PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences in specialty 1.6.17. – Oceanology at a meeting of the Dissertation Council 24.1.214.02 in the large conference hall of the V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On May 28, 2026, an International scientific and practical conference "Mathematics and its Application in Science and Education" was held in St. Petersburg, it was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Order of Honor of the Hero of the Russian Federation General of the Army E.N. Zinichev University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.
On June 9, 2026, the POI FEB RAS embarked on an expedition to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) aboard the research vessel Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev (voyage 102). From Vladivostok, the Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev set course for the eastern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, where it will explore a vast area from the south-western tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the north to Simushir Island in the south.