Duties: Set Blackboard content and automatic release of assignments; presented 30 minute-long weekly lectures; demonstrated experimental techniques; guided assignment implementation and assisted with report writing, basic statistical analysis, and graphing; administered and graded tests and exams; monitored students’ progress and helped struggling students to succeed; supervised undergraduate student assistants(3), and gave feedback on their performance.

Iowa State University | Jun 2010 - May 2018

Graduate Research Assistant

lakes based on phytoplankton, zooplankton, macroinvertebrate, and fish communities. Research tasks: Developed lab and field standard operation procedures for macroinvertebrate, epifauna, macrophyte, and metafauna communities; generated coordinates of sampling locations by using ArcGIS program; participated in field sampling; picked, enumerated, and identified macroinvertebrates; identified and obtained aquatic plants dry weight; controlled quality of picked and identified samples; entered data, conducted statistical analysis; prepared Biological Integrity project reports and presented results to Iowa DNR and at the research conferences. Also, assisted Iowa Lake Survey teams with water chemistry and plankton communities sampling. Managerial tasks: Established macroinvertebrate laboratory; ordered and prepared supplies and equipment for field and laboratory operations; coordinated field sampling and laboratory procedures; supervised technicians (17): interviewed, disciplined, signed time sheets, trained, created work schedules, assigned tasks, nominated for awards, wrote recommendation letters, and provided job performance feedback to prospective employers.

Iowa State University | May 2016 - May 2017

Instructor of Identification of Aquatic Organisms On-line Class

Duties: Set Blackboard content and automatic release of assignments; cooperated with ISU testing centers to administer exams; served as a proctor for exams; monitored students’ progress and helped struggling students to succeed.

Iowa State University | Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

Lab Coordinator of Aquatic Ecology Lab

Duties: Developed lab curriculum, prepared and presented 20 minute-long weekly lectures, demonstrated sampling and experimental techniques, guided assignment implementation, assisted with report writing, monitored students’ progress, helped struggling students to succeed, constructed Blackboard content to display studying materials and setting Blackboard grading center, ordered laboratory supplies, prepared lab and field equipment and specimens, arranged transportation and drove students to field sites, administered tests and exams.

Iowa State University | May 2014 - Jul 2014

Laboratory Coordinator of General Ecology Lab

Duties: Prepared supplies and equipment for field and laboratory classes; conducted a weekly meeting with graduate teaching assistants (2) to explain the educational content of upcoming week lab; arranged transportation with ISU Transportation Services; worked with ISU Health and Safety department on the utilization of expired chemicals and with ISU Surplus on disposal of unwanted and broken laboratory equipment.

Iowa State University | Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

Graduate Teaching Assistant of General Ecology Lab

Duties: presented 30 minute-long weekly lectures; demonstrated sampling and experimental techniques; guided assignment implementation and assisted with report writing, basic statistical analysis, and graphing; drove students to the field sites; administered and graded tests and exams; monitored students’ progress and helped struggling students to succeed; supervised one undergraduate student assistants, and gave feedback on her performance.

Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research | Nov 2006 - Sep 2007

Research Technician

Research objective: Investigation of the influence of hypoxia on composition and interactions within central Lake Erie’s food web, the feeding ecology of emerald shiners and rainbow smelt, and human health threat associated with the hepatotoxin microcystin. Duties: Enumerated and identified fish gut content and macroinvertebrates; obtained fish diet dry mass; operated a biosonic transducer to estimate Lake Erie fish population.

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory | Jul 2006 - Oct 2006

Great Lakes Fellowship Student

Research objective: Investigation of the long-term trends of macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Michigan, including such invasive species as Zebra and Quagga mussels. Duties: Sampled, preserved, picked, enumerated, identified macroinvertebrates; measurements macroinvertebrates to obtain ash-free dry weight; entered data.

Water Quality Testing Research Laboratory, Siberian Federal

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University | Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

Graduate Research Assistant

Research objective: Investigation of the long-term trends and spatial distribution of benthic invertebrate communities of the deep-water continental Krasnoyarsk water reservoir. Duties: Tested water quality by using Ceriodaphnia affinis and Paramecium caudatum as test organisms; sampled, preserved, identified, and weighted macroinvertebrates; entered, managed, and analyzed data; sampled and measured fish.

Scientific and Research Enterprise on Natural Systems “EPRIS” | Jun 2003 - Jul 2004

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research objective: Investigation of fish and bottom-living stream communities, disturbed by gold mining. The new environmental regulations to alleviate consequences of the alluvial gold mining were enacted in Krasnoyarsk region based on the results of this study. Duties: Sampled, preserved, identified, and weighted macroinvertebrates; entered, managed, and analyzed data; sampled and measured fish.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental ScienceIowa State University | 2019

GIS Certificate Program, Geographic Information SystemsIowa State University | 2018

Master’s Degree, Environmental Science with Specialization in EcologySiberian Federal University | 2006

Bachelor’s Degree, Environmental Science with Minor in Professional Communication Translation (En...Siberian Federal University | 2006

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