CURRICULUM VITAE OF BORIS LEVIN

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 31 July 1979, Estonia Home Address: 152742 Yaroslavl prov., Borok, 54-20. Russia Institute Address: Laboratory of fish ecology Institute of Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences

152742 Yaroslavl prov., Borok, Phone/Fax: +7(48547)24042 E-mail: [email protected]

PRESENT POSITION Research Scientist, Institute of Biology of Inland Waters RAS, Borok Research Scientist (half-time), Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow

EDUCATION and COLLABORATION 2010. Invited researcher, October-December. Kol’tsov Institute for Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, Russia. Lab. Postnatal Ontogeny, Prof. M.V. Mina and Dr. N. Mugue 2009. Invited researcher, September-October Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain. Lab. and Evolutionary Biology, Prof. I. Doadrio 2009. Collaborative research, January, June-July Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography – VNIRO, Moscow, Russia. Lab. molecular genetics. Head Prof. V. Barmintsev 2007. Short-term Post-Doctoral Fellowship, September-December Scraping feeders in family , subfamily Barbinae in particular: phylogenetic relationships and example of parallel evolution. Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain (Chiefs Prof. I. Doadrio and Corresponding Member RAS Yu. Dgebuadze) 2001-2005. Ph.D. Fellowship. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences (Ichthyology) Doctor dissertation title: Morpho-ecological diversification of barbs of the sensu stricto and khramulya of the genus Capoeta (Advisors Prof. M.V. Mina and Corresponding Member RAS Yu.Yu. Dgebuadze) 1996-2001. M.Sc. Penza Pedagogical State University, Penza (Department of Zoology and Ecology). Master’s thesis title: Fishes and fish-like vertebrates of upper reach both the Volga R. and Don R. basins (Advisor Prof. V.Yu. Il’in). Diploma with honours.

LANGUEGES

Russian – ******* (native) English - **** Spanish - ** German -** Amharic - *

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RESEARCH Research Scientist, 2006-present, Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl province.

Research Scientist (half-time), 2005-present, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow

PhD-student, 2001-2005, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow

Technician in Division of Ecology and Zoology, 2000-2001, Penza Pedagogical State University, Penza

RESEARCH

Research Interests and Specialities: Evolutionary developmental biology. Scale and squamation development. Regenerative biology. Hormonal manipulation. Changes in developmental rates, heterochronies. Developmental plasticity.

Field Research: Fish biology studies in Russia (1998 - present time), Kazakhstan (2002), Armenia (2003, 2005-2011), Abkhazia (2004), Ethiopia (experience of participation with JERBE - Joint Ethiopian-Russian Biological Expedition, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011), Vietnam (experience of participation with Joint Russian- Vietnamese Tropical Centre, 2006).

Research Skills:

 Light microscopy, SEM, TEM.  Osteological preparatory techniques (clearing and double staining, dry skeletons, disarticulation, X-ray analysis).  Molecular analysis – DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, PCR, cloning, sequencing.  Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)  Univariate and multivariate data analysis (principal component analysis, cluster analysis); STATISTICA, NTSYS, MEGA, PAUP, ModelTest, Mr Bayes, DNAsp etc.  Museum collection maintenance and expansion  Fish rearing in aquaria

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

2011 Levin B.A. 2011. Ontogenetic causes and mechanisms for formation of differences in number of fish scales. Russian journal of developmental biology. V.42. No.3. P. 186-191. Bolotovskiy A.A., Levin B.A. 2011. Effect of thyroid hormones on the development of pharyngeal dentition in roach rutilus (Cyprinidae, ). Journal of Ichthyology. V. 51. No. 6. P. 474- 483. Bolotovskiy A.A., Levin B.A. 2011. Influence of developmental rate on pharyngeal teeth formula in Abramis brama (L.), bream: experimental data. Russian journal of developmental biology. V.42. No.3. P. 143- 147. 2010 Levin B.A. 2010. Drastic shift in the number of lateral line scales in the common roach as a result of heterochronies: experimental data. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. V. 26. P. 303-306. Shkil F.N., Levin B.A., Belay Abdissa, and Smirnov S.V. 2010. Variability of the pharyngeal dentition in Barbus intermedius (Teleostei; Cyprinidae): Genetic, hormonal and environmental factors. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. V. 26. P. 315-319. Kuz’mina V.V., Levin B.A., Liu Wei, and Russanova P.V. 2010. Influence of thyroid hormones on the dynamics of enzyme activity in mucous intestine’s membrane of young common roach Rutilus rutilus (L). Journal of Ichthyology. V. 50. No. 5. P. 396-401. 2008 Levin B.A., Phuong P.H. & Pavlov D.S. 2008. Discovery of the Amazon sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855) (Teleostei: Loricariidae) in Vietnam. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. V. 24. P. 715– 717. Shkil F.N. & Levin B.A. 2008. On inheritance of the number of pharyngeal tooth rows in a large African Barbus intermedius. Journal of Ichthyology. V. 48. No. 8. P. 716-720. 2007 Smirnov S.V. & Levin B.A. 2007. Reduced number of serial elements in the African barb Barbus intermedius with accelerated ontogeny: A new type of paedomorphosis. Doklady Biological Sciences. V. 413, No. 1. P. 140-142. Levin B.A. & Rubenyan H.R. 2007. First Finding of the Armenian Spirlin Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis Dadikyan, 1972 (Osteichthyes, Cyprinidae) in the Sevan Lake Basin. Biology of Inland Waters. No. 3. P. 81-83 (in Russian). Ruchin A.B., Kozhara A.V., Levin B.A., Baklanov M.A., Zakharov V.Yu. & Artaev O.N. 2007. On the Distribution of Riffle Minnow Alburnoides bipunctatus (Cyprinidae) in the Volga Basin. Journal of Ichthyology. V. 47. No. 8. P. 631-638. 2006 Levin B.A. & Holčik J. 2006. Contribution to the knowledge of the geographic distribution and ecology of the Ukrainian Brook Lamprey Eudontomyzon mariae (Berg, 1931). Folia Zool. V. 55. No. 3. P. 282-286. Levin B.A. &. Rubenyan H.R. 2006. Threatened fishes of the world: Barbus goktschaicus Kessler, 1877 (Cyprinidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. V. 76. Nos. 2-4. P. 409-410. Smirnov S.V., Dzerzhinskii K.F. & Levin B.A. 2006. On the Relationship between Scale Number in the Lateral Line in the African Barbel Barbus intermedius and the Rate of Ontogeny (by Experimental Data). Journal of Ichthyology. V. 46. No. 1. P. 129-132. Zworykin D.D., Budaev S.V., Darkov A.A., Dzerzhinskii K.F., Levin B.A. & Mina M.V. 2006. Assessment of the role of chemoreception in the mate choice in barbs of the Barbus intermedius complex from , Ethiopia. Journal of Ichthyology. V. 46. No. 8. P. 661-667. 2005 Levin B.A., Rubenyan H.R. & Sal’nikov V.B. 2005. Phenetic Diversity of Khramulya Capoeta capoeta (Ostariophysi, Cyprinidae). Journal of Ichthyology. V. 45. No. 9. P. 754-767. Mina M.V., Levin B.A. & Mironovskii A.N. 2005. On the Possibility of Using Character Estimates Obtained by Different Operators in Morphometric Studies of Fish. Journal of Ichthyology. V. 45. No. 4. P. 284-294. 2004 Levin B.A. 2004. Phenetic Relationships of Barbels of the Caucasian Region and Their Status in the System of the Genus Barbus sensu stricto (Cyprinidae). Journal of Ichthyology. V. 44. No. 6. P. 444–449. 2002 Levin B.A. 2002. The Danilewskii’s Dace (subgenus Leuciscus, Cyprinidae) from the upper reach of the Khoper River. Fauna and ecology. No. 3. P. 52-54 (in Russian). 2001 Levin B.A. 2001. Finding of the Ukrainian Lamprey Eudontomyzon mariae (Petromyzontidae) in the Volga Basin. Journal of Ichthyology. V. 41. No. 9. P. 810–811.

PUBLICATIONS ACCEPTED OR SUBMITTED:

Levin B.A., Freyhof J., Lajbner Z., Perea S., Abdoli A., Gaffaroğlu M., Özuluğ M., Rubenyan H.R., Salnikov V.B., Doadrio I. 2012 (accepted). Phylogenetic relationships of the Asian algae scrapers, cyprinid genus Capoeta (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Levin B.A., Bolotovskiy A.A., Levina M.A. (submitted). Body size determines the number of scales in cyprinid fishes as inferred from hormonal manipulation of developmental rate. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

Gerassimov Yu.V., Smirnova E.S., and Levin B.A. (2012-accepted). The impact of thyroid hormones on the juvenile bevaviour of the common roach Rutilus rutilus (Ostariophysi, Cyprinidae). Biology of Inland Waters. No. 4.

POSTERS AND TALKS

2011. Levin B.A. Title: Ontogenetic mechanisms determining the number of scales in fish inferred from hormonal manipulation experience. Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology. Second Meeting. Tavira, Portugal. 26-28 April 2011. Talk.

2010. Levin B.A., Bolotovskiy A.A., Levina M.A. Title: Role of heterochronies in formation of countable elements of postcranial dermal skeleton of fishes. VIII International conference “Early ontogeny of fishes and commercial invertebrates” Kaliningrad, Russia. 19-23 April 2010. Talk.

2010. Levin B.A., Mugue N.S., Dgebuadze Yu.Yu., Golubtsov A.S. Title: Independent origin of periphyton scrapers among the African barbins (Cyprinidae): Polyphyly of the genus Varicorhinus inferred using mitochondrial DNA sequences. 2nd Moscow International Conference “Molecular Phylogenetics” (MolPhy- 2) May 18-21. Talk.

2010. Levin B.A., Freyhof J., Lajbner Z., Perea S., Doadrio I. Title: Phylogenetic relationships within the algae scraping cyprinid genus Capoeta (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). 2nd Moscow International Conference “Molecular Phylogenetics” (MolPhy-2) May 18-21. Poster.

2009. Shkil F.N., Levin B.A., Abdissa B. and Smirnov S.V. Title: Variability of the pharyngeal dentition in Barbus intermedius (Teleostei; Cyprinidae): Genetic, hormonal and environmental factors. Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology. First Meeting. Tavira, Portugal. 27-29 April 2009. Talk.

2009. Levin B.A. and Smirnov S.V. Title: Drastic shift in the number of lateral line scales in cyprinid fishes as a result of heterochronies: experimental data. Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology. First Meeting. Tavira, Portugal. 27-29 April 2009. Talk. 2008. Mudrova S.V., Gerassimov Yu.V. and Levin B.A. Title: Peculiarities of the morphology of the bream (Abramis brama L.) from Lake Chistoe. Aquatic ecosystems: trophic levels and problems of biodiversity’s maintenance - Vologda, Russia. Talk.

2008. Levin B.A. Title: Scraping feeders in the family Cyprinidae, the subfamily Barbinae in particular: phylogenetic relationships and example of parallel evolution. Scientific conference «Biodiversity: problems and perspectives of conservation», devoted 135-years from birthday of I.I. Sprygin – Penza, Russia. Invited Talk.

2008. Levin B.A. and Ermakov A.S. 2008. Title: Variability of oral disc’s dentition in population of the Ukrainian lamprey Eudontomyzon mariae from the Chardym River, Volga drainage. All-Russian conference “Ecosystems of small rivers: biodiversity, ecology, protection” – Borok, Russia. Poster.

2008. Levin B.A. and Levina M.A. Title: About change of scale numbers in linea lateralis between siblings of the common roach Rutilus rutilus (Oostariophysi, Cyprinidae) developed under different regimes of developmental rate. Scientific conference “Current problems of ecology and evolution in the studies of young scientists” - Moscow. Poster.

2008. Dzerzhinskiy K.F., Zworykin D.D., Levin B.A., Goraw Goshu. Title: On the riverine spawning of the lake Tana “large barbs”: eggs’ samples analysis and results of experimental rearing. African Fishes and Fisheries: Diversity and Utilization. 4th International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA). Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia. Poster.

2008. Levin B.A., Golubtsov A.S. Title: Independent origin of African chiselmouths, the genus Varicorhinus: an example of parallel evolution. African Fishes and Fisheries: Diversity and Utilization. 4th International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA). Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia. Talk.

2008. Levin B.A., Smirnov S.V. Title: Reduction of infraorbital bone numbers and openings of seismosensory system in the labeobarb Barbus intermedius under acceleration of ontogeny rate. African Fishes and Fisheries: Diversity and Utilization. 4th International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA). Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia. Talk.

2007. Smirnov S.V., Belay Abdissa, Shkil F.N., Wondey Zelalem, Dzerzhinskiy K.F. and Levin B.A. Title: Developmental timing and heterochrony in the morphological variation of the large African barb Barbus intermedius (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): an experimental study. Jubilee Meeting “Joint Ethio-Russian Biological Expedition: 20 Years of Scientific Cooperation” – Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Invited talk.

2007. Levin B.A. Title: Independent origin of scraping feeders in African cyprinids of the genus Varicorhinus: an example of parallel evolution. XII European Congress of Ichthyology. Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia. Poster.

2007. Levin B.A., Dzerjinskii K.F., Shkil F.N., Smirnov S.V. 2007. Title: Dependence of pharyngeal dentition on ontogeny rate in an African barb (Cyprinidae) and its evolutionary implications. XII European Congress of Ichthyology. Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia. Talk.

2007. Levin B.A. Title: Convergence and phenetic analogies in algae scrapers of family Cyprinidae (Osteichthyes). Conference “Current problems of evolutionary biology. To 100 jubilee of State Darwinian Museum” – Moscow. Poster.

2007. Levin B.A., Dzerzhinskiy K.F., Shkil F.N., Smirnov S.V. 2007. Title: Evolutionary significance of variability of meristic characters induced by experimental change of ontogenetic rate on example of African barb Labeobarbus intermedius Rьppell, 1836 (Cyprinidae: Osteichthyes). Conference “Current problems of evolutionary biology. To 100 jubilee of State Darwinian Museum” – Moscow. Talk.

2006. Levin B.A. Title: Algae scrapers among the cyprinid fishes (Cyprinidae): phenetic analogies of states. Scientific conference “Current problems of ecology and evolution in the studies of young scientists” - Moscow. Poster.

2004. Levin B.A. Title: Comparative analysis of craniological traits of algae scrapers of the genus Varicorhinus Rьppell, 1836 and genus Capoeta Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842. Scientific conference “Current problems of ecology and evolution in the studies of young scientists” - Moscow. Poster. 2004. Levin B.A., Salnikov V.B. Title: Peculiarities of populational biology of algae scraper Capoeta capoeta gracilis under conditions of the dead-end river of Turkmenistan. II All-Russian scientific conference “Ecosystems of small rivers: biodiversity, ecology, protection” – Borok, Russia. Poster.

REPORTS

2006. Levin B. A. and Ngo Chi Tien. Taxonomic diversity of fishes in the Red River basin, Northern Vietnam. Scientific Report in the framework of topic “Ecolan E-3.2.2. Taxonomic diversity, ecology and behavior of freshwater hydrobionts” – Joint Tropical Russian-Vietnamese Scientific and Technological Centre, Coastal branch, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 78 p.

RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED

2002-2005. Russian Foundation Basic Research. Causes and effects of differences in fish population structure (03-04-48329) M.V. Mina (head), Yu.Yu. Dgebuadze, S.S. Alekseyev, B.A. Levin, A.N. Mironovskii.

2005-2007. Ministry of Science and Education of Russia. Developing technologies of forecasting of alien species and genetically modified organisms influence on biosphere. Head Yu. Dgebuadze.

2006-2007. Russian Foundation Basic Research. Concealed variability and evolutionary potentials of fish populations (04-06-48352-a). M.V. Mina (head), Yu.Yu. Dgebuadze, S.S. Alekseyev, K.F. Dzerzhinsky, B.A. Levin, A.N. Mironovsky, S.V. Smirnov.

2006-2007. Russian Foundation Basic Research. Metamorphosis in lower vertebrates: general trends, mechanisms, and evolution (04-04-48916a). S.V. Smirnov (head), A.B. Vassilieva, B.A. Levin, K.M. Merkulova, K.F. Dzerjinskii

2006-2008. Program of Basic Research of the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences “Biodiversity and Gene Pool Dynamics”, grant no. 5.4.2 “Experimental study of role of heterochronies in diversity”. Yu. Yu. Dgebuadze (head), S.V. Smirnov, B.A. Levin, F. Shkil.

2007. INTAS Postdoctoral Fellowship. Scraping feeders in family Cyprinidae, subfamily Barbinae in particular: phylogenetic relationships and examples of parallel evolution (together with Dr. Doadrio, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain).

2007-2009. Russian Foundation Basic Research. Changes in the rate of ontogeny and their role in the evolution of lower vertebrates (07-04-00141а). S.V. Smirnov (head), A.B. Vassil’eva, B.A. Levin, F.N. Shkil.

2008-2009. Grants of President of Russian Federation for young scientists, grant MK-917.2008.4 “Diversification of the cyprinid fishes of subfamily Barbinae in highland and tropic regions”. B.A. Levin (head).

2008-2010. Russian Foundation Basic Research, grant no. 08-04-00061-а. “Ways of transformations of freshwater fish populations: reversible polymorphism and evolutionary divergence”. M.V. Mina (head).

2009. Russian Foundation Basic Research, grant no. 09-04-08037-з “Participation in workshop ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology’. Tavira, Portugal.” B.A. Levin

2009. Russian Foundation Basic Research, grant no. 09-04-90773-моб_ст. “Scientific work of young scientist in Koltsov Institute for Developmental Biology RAS, Moscow” Head – Prof. M.V. Mina

2010-2011. Grants of President of Russian Federation for young scientists, grant MK-520.2010.4. “Experimental studying the role of heterochronies in formation of fish phenotype” B.A. Levin (Head).

REVIEW - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - Journal of Morphology - Italian Journal of Zoology - Journal of Applied Ichthyology - Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria - Russian Journal of Biological Invasions - Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences

CURATORIAL

Curator (volunteer), 1998-2001, Penza Pedagogical State University Ichthyologic Collection

Curator (volunteer), 2006-present, Institute of Biology of Inland Waters RAS Tropical and Highland Fish Collection (Africa, Southeast Asia, Caucasus, Central Asia)

PUBLIC SERVICE

Consultant for National Department of Wildlife Conservation, Committee for Red Book of rare and threatened species of plants and of Penza Region, 1999-2001 (volunteer).

Member of Team examined for Fishes in All-Russian Biological Pupil’s Olympiad, Moscow State University, Moscow, 2003-2004.

HONORS 1998-2000 – Undergraduate Stipend of Government of Russian Federation. 2000 – Certificate of honor of Penza governor. 2011 – Academician V.Ye. Sokolov Award in area of general biology and ecology for young scientists. Moscow.