Doctor of Sciences (Geological and mineralogical), Candidate of Sciences (Chemistry), graduated from Saratov State University (1973 - Applied mathematics). Present positions: Leading researcher in the Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”. Her research interests include the study of natural and man-made systems and thermodynamic modeling.

Candidate of Sciences (Chemistry), associate professor. After graduation from Leningrad State University in 1988 as a chemist in the field of analytical chemistry, she started her scientific career at Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences in Apatity town, Murmansk region, Russia. Present positions: Leading researcher at Tananaev Institute of Chemistry – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”. Research interests include environmental monitoring, environmental and human ecology, trace elements in biosubstrates, waters, soil, plants, geological objects, ICP-MS, and LA-IСP-MS methods. She is a full member of the All-Russian Mass Spectrometric Society, a member of the EGU, corresponding member of the International Academy of Sciences of Ecology, Human Safety, and Nature. She was awarded the Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor. Vladimir Masloboev was born on 29.05.1949 in Arkhangelsk city, Russia. After graduating from the Moscow Institute for Fine Chemical Technology named M.V. Lomonosov in 1972 as an engineer-technologist in the field of materials for electronic engineering, he started his scientific career at Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences in Apatity town, Murmansk region, Russia. Present positions: - Senior Adviser to Director General of Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences; - Senior Researcher At the Institute for Industrial Ecology Problems in the North; - Professor of Geoecology at Murmansk Arctic University. Key qualifications: - Chemistry and Technology of the Kola Peninsula’s Mineral Raw Materials Processing; - Technological Aspects of Environment’s Protection; - Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) for Mining, Energy- and Oil & Gas Industries; - Regional, National and International Research Projects, their Management, Development and Implementation;- Expert in the International Cooperation for Research and Development, especially in the Environment Protection Areas. Candidate of Chemical Sciences (1978), Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) (1991), full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, honorary doctor of the Northern Arctic Federal University (NarFU, Arkhangelsk). Vladimir Masloboev published over 500 scientific works, including 12 monographs and 38 patents for inventions.

Candidate of Sciences (geography), Senior Researcher in Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, graduated from Tver Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering (1991). Defended his PhD thesis (1999) on the topic: "Spatial and temporal patterns of formation of the chemical composition of surface waters of the Murmansk region".  He is the author of 110 scientific papers, including 15 co-authored monographs. He is a specialist in the fields of hydrology, limnology, and hydrochemistry. His research interests cover a wide range of research in the field of protection and rational use of freshwater ecosystems of the North. He studied the landscape and geographical features of the formation of the hydrochemical composition of the surface waters of the Kola North, Karelia, the Komi Republic, Chukotka, and Northern Fennoscandia. s.sandimirov@ksc.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7622-4025

Researcher in the Laboratory of Nature-like Technologies and Technosphere Safety of the Arctic and in the Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”. She graduated from Murmansk State Technical University (2012) with a degree in chemistry. Her research interests include the study of man-made systems. Number of RSCI articles: 80, Number of SCOPUS articles: 28, Number of WOS articles: 17.

Candidate of Sciences (geology, 1985), graduated from Voronezh State University (1968) with a degree in geology, an employee of the Geological Institute of the KSC, conducted research on stratigraphy, tectonics, metamorphism, and geodynamics in almost the entire territory of the Murmansk region. He took part in the compilation of geological maps, and volumetric geological, geophysical, and geochemical models of the Pechengsko-Allarechensk district. Over the years, he has become a recognized specialist in the field of regional geology and petrology of metamorphic rocks of the Northeastern Baltic Shield, especially interested in solving the problems of stratigraphy, metamorphism, and tectonics of the Early Precambrian of the Kola region. The results of this long-term research activity are presented in more than 140 scientific publications.