Curriculum vitae
Zinaida I. Starunova (Loskutova)
E-mail: [email protected] Current position: PhD student at the Department of Invertebrate Zoology of St. Petersburg State University. Address : Department of Invertebrate Zoology Faculty of Biology and Soil Science St.Petersburg State University 199034 , Universitetskaya nab., 7/9 St.Petersburg, Russia Phone: (812) 328-96-88
EDUCATION : 2003-2007 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, St. Petersburg State University. Bachelor’s thesis : Ecological structure of the White Sea Onoba aculeus populations. (Scientific advisor – Prof. Andrey Granovitch) 2007-2009 Master of Science in Biology, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, St. Petersburg State University. Specialty: Ecology of Invertebrate Zoology Master’s thesis : Morphological and spatial differentiation in “saxatilis” species complex (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Littorinidae). (Scientific advisors – Prof. Andrey Granovitch and Ass.prof. Natalia Mikhailova) 2009-2011 PhD student at the Department of Invertebrate Zoology of St. Petersburg State University. (Scientific advisors – Prof. Andrey Granovitch)
General research interests : marine fauna, marine ecology, population structure of mollusks, biology and evolution of Gastopoda , speciation in Littorina , cryptic species of “saxatilis” complex
Languages: Russian (native), English (reading, speech), French (with dictionary).
Field work experience: 2003 - 2010 Research work at the Marine Biological Station of the Saint-Petersburg State University (Chupa Inlet, Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, Russia). 2007, 2008, 2010 Research work at the Marine Biological Station of Murmansk Marine Biological Institute RAS (Dalnie Zelentsi, Barents Sea, Russia)
Workshops: 2008 Workshop activities: “Sequence Data Analysis” by D. Posada, H.Quesada; “Methods to study mating behavior” by E. Rolán-Alvarez, A. Carvajal-Rodríguez; “Littorinid genomics” by E. Boulding, J. Grahame; “Morphometric and taxonomic techniques” by Conde-Padín, Rolán-Alvarez at IX INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LITTORINID BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Oia (NW Spain) 2008 “Practical course confocal laser scanning microscope Leica TCS SPE” by L. P. Nezlin at International Conferents “Modern microscopy methods in life system studies”, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Participation in research projects: 2006-2008 “Elaboration of approaches to study the action and interplay of meiosis genes in rye”. Grant № 06-04-48419a from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Leader: Dr A.I. Mikhailova (Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology & Soil Sci., St. Petersburg State University) 2007 “Ecological structure and genetic diversity of Onoba aculeus (Gould, 1841) populations of the White sea” Grant of the St.Petersburg Government Leader: Z.I. Starunova (Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology & Soil Sci., St. Petersburg State University) 2007-2008 “Sibling species: combined morphological and genetic analysis and a problem of inter-species hybridization”. Grant № 07-04-01376a (RFBR) Leader: Dr N.A. Mikhailova (Institute of Cytology RAS). 2008 “Participation in IX International Symposium on Littorinid Biology and Evolution” Grant Grant № 08-04-09409mob_z (RFBR) Leader: Z.I. Starunova (Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology & Soil Sci., St. Petersburg State University) 2008 “Organization and realization of complex expedition on regeneration processes studying and genetic analysis of marine invertebrates” Grant № 08-04-10090 к (RFBR) Leader: Dr N.A. Mikhailova (Institute of Cytology RAS). 2009-2011 “Genetic and morphological consequences of microevolution within the complex of sibling species” Grant № 09-04-01728-а (RFBR) Leader:Dr A.I. Granovitch (Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology & Soil Sci., St. Petersburg State University). 2010 “ Organization of a complex expedition to study littoral comunity of the White and Barents Seas by examples of gastropod mollusks and orthonectids” Grant № 10-04-10039-к (RFBR) Leader: Dr A.I. Granovitch (Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology & Soil Sci., St. Petersburg State University).
List of publications : Loskutova Z.I., Granovitch A.I. 2006.Ecological structure of Onoba aculeus population in the White Sea. Vestnik of St.-Petersburg University 3 (4): 33-39 (In Russian, English Summary). http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9432874 Granovitch A.I., Loskutova Z.I., Gracheva Y.A., Mikhailova N.A. 2008. Morphometrical comparison of the mollusks of “saxatilis” species complex (Gastropoda: Coenogastropoda, Littorinidae) copulatory organ: the problems of an identification and species status. Zoologichesky zhurnal, 2008, V.87 (12), p. 1-12 (in Russian). http://zoology.bio.pu.ru/Articles/2008/Granovitch_etal_2008_zoolj.pdf Starunova Z.I., Mikhailova N.A., Granovitch A.I. 2010 The analysis of interpopulation and intrapopulation differences of shell shape by geometric morphometric methods in “saxatilis ” species complex (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Vestnik of St.-Petersburg University (In Russian, English Summary) In press.