Date of birth: April 26, 1970 Education: 1987 – 1993 – Irkutsk Polytechnical School 1996 – 2000 – post-graduate, Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Specialization: mining, geology. Position: 1991 – present time – Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, from engineer to Head of Laboratory of Lake Baikal Geology. Scientific interests: paleoclimate in the Baikal Region, geology of Lake Baikal, seeps, mud volcanoes, gas hydrate Activities and interests For the past 25 years, the leading specialist on studies of the Lake Baikal bottom geology, organizer and participant of international and Russian research expeditions to investigate gas hydrates, mud volcanoes and palaeoclimate sequences of the lake. He is deeply involved in programs of education and lecturing together with the Moscow State University, the University of Gent, and the Katami Institute of Technology. Yearly (2-3) expeditions are carried out under the leadership of Oleg Khlystov using different geological and geophysical equipment. Main highlights: 1. Participation in the Baikal Drilling Project (as a geologist). 2. Geological and geophysical studies of the south-western margin in Northern Baikal (including Maloye More and Academichesky Ridge), mapping of sediment thickness for these areas, reconstruction of geological history of their development. 3. Search and studies of gas hydra