He completed his studies and became a professor of physics at Kazan State University in 1816[3] where he was a close friend of Nikolai Lobachevsky.

[1] From 1819 to 1821 he took part in and wrote a detailed account of Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev’s expedition around the world, during which the continent of Antarctica was discovered.

After graduated in 1810, Simonov passed the exam for scientific Bachelor degree by physical and mathematical science.

This expedition is claimed to be the first time the shelf ice of the south polar continent in Antarctica has been discovered.

In 2010, a memorial stone was installed in the Kizichesky monastery at the supposed burial place of I. M. Simonov