Igor V. Soppa – Vice-President for International Affairs

Born on December 5, 1960 in the city of Dzhambul of the Kazakh SSR.

In 1983 graduated from Far Eastern State University with a degree in specialty “Physics”, received the qualification “Physicist. Teacher of Physics”.

1983 – 1985 – Head of laboratory at the Department of Hydro Physics of Far Eastern State University (FESU).

1985 – 1988 – Post-graduate student of the full-time education at the Faculty of Physics at FESU.

1988 – 2007 – Assistant, Senior Teacher, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Electronics at FESU.

1996 – 2011 – Head of the Department of Electronics at FESU.

1997 – 2007 – Dean of the Faculty of IT, Deputy Director at the Institute of Physics and Information Technologies at FESU.

2007 – 2010 – Vice-Rector for Academic and Educational Work at FESU, Professor at the Department of Electronics.

2010 – 2012 – Deputy Vice-President for Academic and Educational Work of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Professor at the Department of Computer Systems.

2012 – 2015 – Vice-President for Academic and Educational Work at FEFU, Professor at the Department of Computer Systems.

2016 – Expert of the National Foundation for Personnel Training (NFPT).

2016 – 2018 – Deputy Chief of the branch of NVMU (Vladivostok President’s Cadet School) for innovative educational technologies.

Ph.D. (Physics and Mathematics) (1989), Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics (1995), Honorary Labourer of Higher Professional Education (2009).

Total work experience: 38 years.

Awards: Commemorative medal and Certificate of merit from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir V. Putin.

Gratitude of the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Igor I. Shuvalov.

Honorary certificate of merit of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.

Honorary certificate of merit of the Legislation Assembly of the Primorskiy Krai.

Gratitude of the Governor of the Primorskiy Krai.

Gratitude of the Minister of Professional Education of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia).

Gratitude of General Director of the Autonomous non-profit organization “Rosatom Corporate Academy”.

Commemorative badge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.

Diploma and Golden medal of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences for the work “Scientific and educational complex on the Russky Island”.

Silver commemorative medal “To the builder of the objects for the APEC Summit” for participating in designing of the campus for Far Easter Federal University on the Russky Island.

Memorable sign “150 years of Vladivostok” and Memorable sign “155 years of Vladivostok”.