Team
Ilya Buynevich headshot photo

Ilya Buynevich

Geologist
Temple University

Ilya Buynevich has served as a watch leader, side-scan sonar operator, and a research scientist.

Ilya's research is in coastal and marine geology, focusing on records of extreme events. His research sites include Eastern U.S. coast, Brazil, Lithuania, and Ukraine. Aboard the E/V Nautilus he specializes in sedimentology and ichnology.

Ilya studied in a marine geology program at Odessa National University (Ukraine), where he earned his BA (1994) and PhD (2001) in geology from Boston University, and was a post-doctoral scholar and assistant scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Expeditions

Ilya participated in the following Ocean Exploration Trust expeditions:

Selected Publications

2013

Brennan, M., Davis, D., Roman, C., Buynevich, I., Catsambis, A, Kofahl, M., Merrigan, M., Vaughn, I., Duman, M., Urkmez., D. (2013). Ocean dynamics and anthropogenic impacts along the southern Black Sea shelf examined by the preservation of premodern shipwrecks. Continental Shelf Research 53: 89-101. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S02784343…