Lisetskii Fedor Nikolaevich, Institute of Earth Sciences, Belgorod State National Research University. Director of the Federal-Regional Centre of Aerospace and Surface Monitoring of the Objects and Natural Resources; Professor in the Department of Nature Management and Land Cadastre (Institute of Earth Sciences). Higher education: Odessa National University (1980), Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), Professor (since 1995). Research interests: soil science, soil geography, pedoarchaeology, and the study of ancient systems of land use using new scientific methods (GIS, remote sensing). Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation; member of the V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Society, Russian Geographical Society, and Interuniversity Council for the Study of Soil Erosion; awarded the medal of V. V. Dokuchaev (2016).