Personalities

Advanced zoologist with extensive experience in marine research, collection fund management

and expedition organizing skills. A full-time Associate Researcher with vast

experience in both laboratory and field settings including water sampling, PAH measurement

techniques, DNA extraction methods, fish larvae experiment design, data analysis, GIS, oil

spills mapping, R and fisheries inventory. Taxonomical and Biogeographical expertise in

Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Arctic, Western Atlantic, Pacific Oceans and Antarctica.

Familiar with the identification of most common groups of marine invertebrates.

A certified Aqualung & Apeks technician with 600+ underwater hours in an extreme field

conditions, diving paramedic, familiar with all types of equipment from diving compressors to

high-precise fluorimeters and underwater photo equipment.

MSc. In Biology/Ecology.