Academic degree: DSc (Engineering)
Position: chief researcher, Institute of Mining UB RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Research interests: developing scientific foundations of the integrated subsoil development strategy, creating resource-saving and environmentally friendly mining technologies; developing methods for deep open-pit transport systems optimization

Publications:
• Yakovlev V. L., Kornilkov S. V. Methodological features of the mineral resources development at a modern stage. // Bulletin of the UB RAS. Science. Society. Person. 2013; 4: 43-49.
• Yakovlev V. L. Development of research methods and solution of the problems for exploiting solid mineral deposits in Arctic region and the adjacent areas. Science and Education. 2015;1(77): 5–8.
• Yakovlev V. L., Tarasov P. I., Furin V. O., Zyryanov I. V. The deep complex for the completion of kimberlite quarries. Ekaterinburg: UB RAS, 2015. 268 p.
• Yakovlev V. L. Features of the methodological approach for justification the strategy of exploitation of complex-structured deposits on the base of studying the transition processes. Gornyi informatsionno-analiticheskii biulleten (nauchno-tekhnicheskii zhurnal) = Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin (scientific and technical journal). 2015; 7: 22–35.
• Yakovlev V.L. Transitional processes in the technology of exploiting complex-structure mineral deposits. Gornyi informatsionno-analiticheskii biulleten (nauchno-tekhnicheskii zhurnal) = Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin (scientific and technical journal). 2015; 10(45-1): 65–76.