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O. Ya. Yakovlev is an observational astronomer whose work focuses on the detection and characterization of exoplanets through ground-based photometric surveys. Based at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS), Yakovlev has pioneered the use of small-aperture robotic telescopes for wide-field transit searches, demonstrating that modest equipment can yield significant discoveries. Their most cited paper, "Exoplanet Two-Square Degree Survey With SAO RAS Robotic Facilities" (2022, 7 citations), details a systematic monitoring campaign covering two square degrees of sky, leveraging a 0.5-meter robotic telescope to detect the characteristic dimming caused by transiting exoplanets. Building on this methodology, Yakovlev's subsequent work "Eight Exoplanet Candidates in SAO Survey" (2023, 5 citations) reports the discovery of eight new exoplanet candidates, identified through photometric observations conducted in the second half of 2020. These candidates exhibit transit depths as shallow as 0.01 magnitudes, highlighting the precision achievable with their automated system. Yakovlev's contributions are particularly notable for advancing cost-effective, robotic survey techniques, making exoplanet discovery more accessible to smaller observatories and training the next generation of astronomers in high-cadence photometry.