Vitaliy Yu. Nazarenko

Senior Research Scientist, PhD

Profiles:

Address:

Department of Entomology and Collection Management,

I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology

15 Bogdana Khmelnitskogo Street

Kyiv, 01030 UKRAINE

E-mail: nazarenko@izan.kiev.ua; phytonomus@yahoo.com

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionodea): morphology, phylogeny, evolution, insect-host relationships, distribution.

Insect diversity and nature conservation.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

1997 – Degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences (equivalent of Ph.D.), I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kyiv. Dissertation entitled "Weevils of the subfamily Hylobiinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) of the forest-steppes of Ukraine" was defended in March 1997.

1992 – 1995 – Postgraduate course: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv.

1985 – 1990. Kiev State Pedagogical Institute (now National Pedagogical University), Natural-Geographic Faculty (Honors Diploma).

1975 – 1985. Primary & Secondary School, Kyiv, Ukraine.

POSITIONS HELD

March 2006 – current time. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (Kiev), (Kyiv), Department of Entomology and Collection Management (formerly General and Applied Entomology), Senior Research Scientist.

June 2000 – March 2006. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Research Scientist.

January 1998 – May 2000. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Junior Research Scientist.

November 1995 – December 1997. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Engineer.

November 1992 – November 1995. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (Kyiv), Postgraduate student.

April 1991 – April1992. Historical Museum of Kyiv Medical Institute, Scientific Research Laboratory Center, Senior laboratory assistant.

November 1990 – April 1991. Historical Museum of Kyiv Medical Institute, Senior laboratory assistant.

November 1987 – December 1987. Research sector of Gorkyi Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute (now Dragomanov National Pedagogical University), laboratory assistant

March 1987 – June 1987. Research sector of Gorkyi Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute (now Dragomanov National Pedagogical University), laboratory assistant

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

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FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH VISITS

2004 (October) – Zoological Institute, RAS, St. Petersbourg, Russia. Research visit.

2000 (October) – Zoological Institute, RAS, St. Petersbourg, Russia. Research visit.

1997 (November) – Polish Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Academician Exchange. Visitor. Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, PAN, Krakow. Poland.

1995 (April) – Zoological Institute, RAS, St. Petersbourg, Russia. Research visit.

1994 (May) – Zoological Institute, RAS, St. Petersbourg, Russia. Research visit.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, AWARDS, ETC.

Ukrainian Entomological Society, since 1993 . Member of the Society Council since 2007.

Curculio Institute (Center for Studies ob western Palaearctic Curculionoidea), Member, since 2010.

Diploma award of General Biology Department on National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2013)

Gratitude from Kyiv mayor and on the occasion of 75 anniversary of I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology (2005)

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian (mother tongue), English: basic conversation, translation and scientific writing); German: fair scientific translation. Other: Russian – fluent. Polish – fair.

I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 2004-2019