Special awards

Soros Associate Professor (1995)

Honored Prospector of RF (1999)

Honored Scientist of Tatarstan Republic (2005)

Winner of competition „Fifty best innovation ideas for Tatarstan Republic” (2007)

Acting corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2008)

State prize of Tatarstan Republic for the project „Evaluating prospects of oil bearing capacity of the western part of Tatarstan Republic, including development of a suite of methods for oil deposit search”.