Vitalii V. Kavurka Research Scientist, PhD   Profiles: ORCID ResearchGate GoogleScholar   Address: Department of Entomology and Collection Management, I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology 15 Bogdana Khmelnitskogo Street Kyiv, 01030 UKRAINE E-mail: tortrix1984@gmail.com; kavurka@izan.kiev.ua

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Fauna, systematics, nomenclature, biology and ecology of Lepidoptera.

Tortricid moths (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae): morphology, evolution, insect-host relationships, distribution and zoogeography.

Insect diversity and nature conservation.

History of entomology in Ukraine.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

2007 — 2010. Postgraduate Course: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology.

2001 — 2007. Nizhyn Gogol State University, Natural Sciences and Geography Faculty (Honors Diploma).

1991 — 2001. Primary & Secondary School, Chlopyaniki, Ukraine (Honors Certificate and Golden Medal).

POSITIONS HELD

2017 — current time. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of Entomology and Collection, Research Scientist.

2010 — 2017. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Junior Research Scientist.

2007 — 2010. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Postgraduate Student.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

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MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, AWARDS, ETC.

Ukrainian Entomological Society, since 2002. Treasurer, since 2014.

Member of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Alien Species of Flora and Fauna under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, since 2017.

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian (miother tongue), Russian (fluent), English (translation and scientific writing).

I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 2004-2019