SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

1. Parasites of wild and domestic equids and wild ungulates.

2. Epidemiology and control of parasitic nematodes.

3. Anthelmintic resistance of parasitic nematodes.

4. Integrated and biological control of parasitic nematodes.

5. Predacious fungi as the biological control agents.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1996 - Diploma of Biological Department of Kiev State University. Biologist, zoologist, specialist in vertebrates.

1997-2000 - Postgraduate course, Institute of Zoology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev (Ukraine).

2003 - Training NorFa course on "Sustainable Control of Nematode Parasites in Ruminant Livestock" (Tallberg, Sweden).

2004 - Training NorFa course on "Epidemiology and sustainable control of parasites in pigs, poultry, and horses" (Tisvildeleje, Denmark).

2005 - Training NordForsk course on "Parasitological zoonoses" (Tvärminne, Finland).

2005 - Degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences (equivalent of Ph.D.), Institute of Zoology of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev. Dissertation entitled "Biological basis of the integrated control of strongylids (Nematoda: Strongylida) - parasites of horses under conditions of Ukraine" was defended on the 23-th of November, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1989-1992: Laboratory assistant, Fomin Botanical Garden of the Shevchenko Kiev State University, Kyiv, Ukraine

1992-1993: Senior laboratory assistant, Department of parasitology, Shmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kyiv, Ukraine.

1991-1996: Student of the Shevchenko Kyiv State University; Biological Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine.

1996: Laboratory assistant of chair of Zoology, Biological Faculty, Shevchenko Kiev State University, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996: Teacher of Biology, Kyiv secondary school N 2, Kyiv, Ukraine.

1997-2000: PhD-student, Department of Parasitology, Smalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2000-2006: Junior research assistant, Department of Parasitology, Smalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2006 - ... Researcher, Department of Parasitology, Smalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

35 presentations at scientific meetings in Ukraine, Russia, Denmark, Poland, Italy, USA, Belgium, UK, Etiopia, France, etc.

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

Ukraine (all regions), Poland (Warszawa, Mazursky Lakes region).

SHORT RESEARCH VISITS

1998 – K. I. Skrjabin All-Union Helminthological Institute, 1 week, Moscow, Russia.

1999-2000, 2003– Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1-2 weeks each. Prof. Andrzej Malczewski, Dr. Jakub Gawor.

2006 – Institute of Parasitology Hannover School of Veterinary Medicine, Germany, 4 months, Prof. Dr. Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna.

2007 – The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, Devon, UK, 1 week, Dr.Andrew Trawford.

2007 – Institute of Parasitology Hannover School of Veterinary Medicine, Germany, 1 month, Prof. Dr. Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna.

2009 - Maxwell Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, USA, 2 months, Dr. Eugene T. Lyons

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Totally 76 titles of 41 original papers and 35 conference abstracts.

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GRANTS

1999 - Individual grant from the Mianowsky Fund (Poland) for traineeship in the Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences.

1999 - Travel Grant from Organising Committee for the participation in the 17th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2000 - Travel Grant from Organising Committee for the participation in the VIII European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Poznan, Poland.

2002-2003 - Research grant from the CRDF, USA as an assistant for study of comparative morphology, phylogenetic analyses and classification of strongylid nematode parasites of Equidae.

2006 - Research grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Germany, for doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists

2006 - Grant from Organizing Committee for the participation in The 5th International Colloquium on Working Equines, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2007 - Grant from the Donkey Sanctuary, the UK, for the participation in the 21th WAAVP Congress, Gent, Belgium.

2009 - Grant from the Albert & Lorraine Clay Fellowship Program for 2 months research visit to the Maxwell Gluch Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, USA.

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