EDUCATION:

PhD • 2017 – 2021 • V. N. KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UKRAINE

Student of the biological faculty, zoology and animal ecology department. Studying of the invasive aquatic invertebrate species of Ponto-Caspian region under scientific supervision of Prof. Serge Utevsky. Defensed thesis on the 30th of December 2021, title “Features of microevolution and adaptation in alien invertebrate species due to invasion into the Azov-Black Sea basin”.

MASTER • 2015 – 2017 • ODESA I. I. MECHNIKOV UNIVERSITY, UKRAINE

Student of the biological faculty, department of hydrobiology and common ecology. Was studying the carnivorous invasive gastropod Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) under scientific supervision of Dr. Oleg Kovtun. Defensed thesis in June 2017, title “Salinity effect on vital characteristics of carnivorous invasive gasrtopod Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)”.

BACHELOR • 2011 – 2015 • ODESA I. I. MECHNIKOV UNIVERSITY, UKRAINE

Student of the biological faculty, department of hydrobiology and common ecology. Was studying the effect of water temperature on the main exchange of Pinchuk’s goby Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk, 1976) under scientific supervision of Senior Lecturer Yurii Karavanskiy. Defensed thesis in June 2015, title “Effect of water temperature on the main exchange of Pinchuk’s goby Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk, 1976)”.

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PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

• Membership in the community of INVASIVESNET

• Membership in the community The Malacological Society of London

• Membership in the community of Polish malacologists Stowarzyszenie Malakologów Polskich (Association of Polish Malacologists)

• Membership in the Hydrological Society of Ukraine

Biodiversity, Phylogeography, Ecology and Evolution, Conservation, Species Diversity, Biodiversity Monitoring, Invasive Species, Systematics, Invertebrate Zoology

The main research area is focused on estimation of biodiversity of aquatic invertebrates from the Ponto-Caspian (PC) and Caucasus regions using DNA barcoding, phylogeographic and morphometric analyses. PC is a center of endemism and biodiversity, as well as a potential glacial refugium for aquatic fauna from Central Europe, thus phylogenetic and phylogeographic patterns of PC animals interpreted in context of geological history of the region contribute to understanding of their ecology and evolution.

Revealing biodiversity and assessing the biotopes quality in the PC region contribute to the development of proper methods for conservation of biodiversity and assessing quality of aquatic environments (biotesting, bioindication), contributing to the development of the network of areas for regional monitoring.