Gilichinsky, David Abramovich

He studied at Chisinau secondary school No. 9, where his mother, Charna Aronovna Gilichinskaya, taught; ^[3] his father, Abram Davidovich Gilichinsky, was a teacher of Yiddish and Hebrew . In 1971, David Abramovich graduated from Moscow State University , where he defended his Ph.D. (1984) ^[4] and doctoral (“The Late Cenozoic cryobiosphere: permafrost as a medium for the preservation of viable microorganisms”, 2002) dissertations. ^[5]

Since 1978 , as an employee of the Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology of Moscow State University , he directed field work in the eastern sector of the Arctic. In the 1980s, he organized the study of permafrost biology at the Forestry Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the USSR Academy of Sciences. ^[6] In the 1990s, he led field research in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. David Gilichnitsky is the author of a number of scientific publications on permafrost cryobiology (biogeochemical processes and the metabolic activity of microorganisms in permafrost), astrobiology, soil science. Some works were published jointly with his wife, Elizaveta Mikhailovna Rivkina, a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Soil Cryology at the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ^{[7] [8]}

Under the direction of D.A. Gilichinsky, a flowering plant was cultivated in the laboratory. Narrow-leaved Silene ( Silene stenophylla Ledeb ) from a tissue of unripe fruits that lay in permafrost in the Kolyma River region in the Magadan Region for about 30 thousand years. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

In the 2010s, under the leadership of D. Gilichinsky, a network of rock temperature observation stations in Antarctica was created ^[15] .

Monographs

• Seasonal permafrost zone of Western Siberia. M .: Nauka, 1986.
• Cryogenic soils. Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis (Russian Academy of Sciences). Pushchino Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1992.

Edited by D. A. Gilichinsky

• All-Union Conference "Theory of Soil Cryogenesis". Scientific Center for Biological Research (Academy of Sciences of the USSR), Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis (Academy of Sciences of the USSR), Scientific Council on Problems of Soil Science and Land Reclamation (Academy of Sciences of the USSR). M., 1989.
• Soil cryology: a collection of scientific papers. Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis (Russian Academy of Sciences). Pushchino Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1991.

In foreign languages ^[16]

• Gilichinsky, D., Vorobiova, E., Erokhina, L., Fedorov-Davydov, D. (1992). Long-term preservation of Microbial Ecosistems in Permafrost // Advances Space Research, vol. 12, N 4: 225-263.
• Gilichinsky, D., Soina, V., Petrova, M. (1993). Cryoprotective Properties of Water in the Earth Cryolithosphere and its Role in Exobiology // Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 23: 65-75.
• Gilichinsky, D. (ed). Viable Microorganisms in Permafrost (1994). Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 115.
• Gilichinsky, D., Wagener, S., (1995). Microbial Life in Permafrost // Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 5: 143-150.
• Gilichinsky, D., Wagener, S., Vishnivetskaya, T. (1995). Permafrost Microbiology // Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 6: 281-291.
• Wilson, G., Braddok, P., Foreman, S., Friedmann, EI, Rivkina, E., Gilichinsky, D. (1996). Coring for microbial records of Antarctic Climate // Antarctic Journal of USA, N 3: 74-77
• Shi, T., R. Reevs, D. Gilichinsky, EI Friedmann (1997). Characterization of Viable Bacteria from Siberian Permafrost by 16S rDNA Sequencing // Microbial Ecology, N 33: 169—179.
• Vorobyova, E., Soina, V., Gorlenko, M., Rivkina, E., Gilichinsky, D. (1997). The deep cold biosphere: facts and hypothesis // FEMS Microbiology Reviews, N 20: 277-290
• Zhou, J., M. Davey, J. Figueras, E. Rivkina, D. Gilichinsky, J. Tiedje. (1997). Phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial community from a tundra soil sample // Microbiology (UK), vol. 143, N 12: 3913-3919.
• Rivkina, E., Gilichinsky, D., Wagener, S., Tiedje, J., McGrath, J. (1998). Biogeochemical Activity of Anaerobic Microorganisms from Buried Permafrost Sediments // Geomicrobiology, N 15: 187—193
• Rivkina, E., EI Friedmann, C. McKay, D. Gilichinsky (2000). Microbial activity of permafrost bacteria below the Freezing Point // Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 66, N 8: 3230-3234.
• Vishnivetskaya, T., Kathariou, S., McGrath, J., Gilichinsky, D., Tiedje, J. (2000). Low Temperature Recovery Strategies for the Isolation of Bacteria from Ancient Permafrost Sediments // Extremophiles, vol. 4, issue 3: 165-173.
• Brinton, K., A. Tsapin, D. Gilichinsky, G. McDonald (2002). Aspartic acid racemization and age-depth relationships for organic carbon in Siberian permafrost // Astrobiology, vol. 2, N 1: 77-82.
• Vishnivetskaya, T., L. Erokhina, E. Spirina, A. Shatilovich, E. Vorobyova, D. Gilichinsky (2002). Ancient viable phototrophs within the permafrost // In: Algae and extreme environments - ecology and physiology. Nova Hedwigia: 425-439.
• Wilson, G., J. Barron, A. Ashworth, R. Askin, J. Carter, M. Gurren, D. Dalhuisen, I. Friedmann, D. Fyodorov-Davydov, D. Gilichinsky, D. Harwood, J. Hiemstra , T. Janecek, K. Licht, V. Ostroumov, R. Powell, E. Rivkina, S. Rose, A. Stroeven, P. Stroeven, J. Meer, M. Wizevich (2002). The Mount Feather Diamicton of the Sirius Group: an accumulation of indicators of Neogene Antarctic glacial and climatic history // PALEO, 182: 117-131.
• Gilichinsky, D., S. Gubin, D. Fyodorov-Davydov, V. Ostroumov, V. Sorokovikov, S. Zimov. (2002). Lower Kolyma River. The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program: Reseach Design and Initial Results // Polar Georgaphy, vol. 24, N 3.
• Gilichinsky, D. (2002). Permafrost model of extraterrestrial habitat // In (G. Horneck, ed.). Astrobiology, Springer-Verlag: 271-295.
• Gilichinsky, D. (2002). Permafrost as a microbial habitat // In: Encyclopaedia of Environmental Microbiology, Willey: 932-956.

• D. Gilichinsky is mentioned in the documentary “Who Doesn’t Let Us On Mars?” (Air Date: 04/10/2013), text version of the film .

• In memory of David Abramovich Gilichinsky
• David Gilichinsky: Why is life possible on Mars?
• In memory of David Gilichinsky ..