David Gilichinsky

摘要

David gilichinsky, an international leader in the study of microorganisms in permafrost and astrobiology, passed away on February 16,2012, from heart complications. He was just a week short of turning 65 on February 25. David was the longtime head of the Geocryology Laboratory in Pushchino, Russia. I began working with him in the summer of 1990, when he led a major international expedition to drill into ancient Siberian permafrost for microbial investigations. He was quite a phenomenon in the field, operating the permafrost drill nonstop in the 24 hours of polar light.