SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

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

2. Parasites of marine mammals.

3. Epidemiology and control of parasitic nematodes.

4. Anthelmintic resistance in parasitic nematodes.

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.

2006 – Distant course "Fundamentals of Academic Writing: Writing and Essay" (Ivan Franko National University of L'viv, Ukraine).

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, Schmalhausen 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 No. 2, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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

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

2006 -2010: Researcher, Department of Parasitology, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2010 – till present: Senior Researcher, Department of Parasitology, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2013 – title of Senior Researcher (Docent) in Parasitology, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

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

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

Ukraine (all regions), USA (Kentucky, St. Paul island, Alaska; Ano Nuevo reserve, San Miguel Island California), Poland (Warszawa, Mazursky Lakes region), Germany (Hannover), USA (Kentucky, St. Paul island, AK; Ano Nuevo reserve, CA), China (Hebei province).

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, 2010 and 2011 - Maxwell Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, USA, 2 months, Prof. Eugene T. Lyons.

2011 – Hebei Normal University, China, 2 weeks, Prof Luping Zhang.

2012 – Ano Nuevo State Reserve, Santa Cruz, CA, 3 weeks.

2011–2014 – NOAA, St. Paul Island, Alaska, 5 weeks per year, Prof. Terry Spraker.

2014 – Institute of Parasitology Biology Center AS Czech Republic, 1 week, Prof. Tomas Scholz, Dr. Roman Kuchta.

2015 – San Miguel Island Research Station, 2 weeks, Dr. Robert DeLong.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Totally 141 titles of 74 original papers and 67 conference abstracts.

List of publications >>.

GRANTS

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

1999 - Travel Grant from Organizing 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.

2004–2005 – National Academy of Science of Ukraine Young Scientist fellowship.

2005 – I.I.Schmalhausen Young Scientists Award, Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine.

2005–2006 – Research Grant of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences "Intestinal parasites of domestic and wild horses (Equidae) and methods of their contriol in Ukraine"

2005–2006 – Award of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine for young scientist.

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

2006 – Bursary of the British Society for Parasitology for the participation in the 11 International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA XI), Glasgow, UK.

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, 2010 and 2011 - Grant from the Albert & Lorraine Clay Fellowship Program for 2 months research visit to the Maxwell Gluch Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, USA.

2010 – Research grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Germany, for academics and scientists, Berlin, Germany.

2010 - Grant from Organizing Committee for the participation in The 6th International Colloquium on Working Equines, Delhi India.

2014 – Grant from Organizing Committee for the participation in The 7th International Colloquium on Working Equines, London, the UK.

to List of Publications >>>