V.I. Davydov
Department of Geosciences
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho, USA

Vladimir I. Davydov is a Research Professor at the Permian Research Institute, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University. After graduation from Tadzhik State University he spent several years mapping the Pamirs and Tian-Shan, Central Asia. In his middle career Vladimir worked at the All-Russian Geological Research Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia), where he was responsible for the Upper Paleozoic stratigraphy and fusulinid biostratigraphy in various regions of the former Soviet Union. His scientific background also includes research interests in magnetostratigraphy, biogeochemistry, paleoclimatology, U/Pb radiometric geochemistry and shttp://www.Paleostrat.orgequence stratigraphy. Vladimir is very active in quantitative multidimensional correlation techniques and reconciliation of numeric and evolutionary datasets for refined chronostratigraphy.  His current project deals with development of a suite of Web-based tools (www.Paleostrat.org) that will facilitate the international debate for establishment of the Pennsylvanian and Early Permian stage boundary definitions, and that will serve as a permanent resource for the data utilized for these definitions as a database prototype for sedimentary, paleontologic and stratigraphic data that reflects the specific needs of stratotype, GSSPs definition and Integrated (Standard) Geologic Time Scale.