Olena Kudlai
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Department
of Parasitology,
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
15 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street
Kyiv-30, 01030
Ukraine
Tel.: +38044 526-33-80
E-mail: Alena[et]izan.kiev.ua;
olena.kudlai[et]gmail.com |
BIRTH DATE
AND PLACE
June 05, 1985, Zaporizhia, Ukraine
 RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Systematics, phylogeny and biology of trematodes.
Participation of marine and freshwater molluscs
in the transmission of trematodes.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
- Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine,
Kyiv. Candidate of Biological Sciences (equivalent of Ph.D.),
specialization: parasitology, helminthology (December, 2011).
Dissertation:"Trematode fauna of Gastropoda
from water bodies in Northern Priazovye".
- Melitopol State Pedagogical University, Ukraine
(highest honors). Biologist, psychologist. (June, 2007).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 - Postdoctoral Fellow. Water Research Group,
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom
Campus, North-West University, South Africa.
2015 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Helminthology,
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, ASCR, Ceske Budejovice,
Czech Republic. Supervisor: Dr. Aneta Kostadinova.
2013 – 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher. P. B. Sivickis
Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute of Ecology, Nature Research
Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. Research Supervisor: Dr. Romualda
Petkeviciute.
2012 – present Junior Researcher. Department
of Parasitology, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 – 2012 Engineer. Department of Parasitology,
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2007 – 2010 Postgraduate student. Schmalhausen
Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv.
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH GRANTS
2015–2017: ECIP – European Centre of Ichthyoparasitology.
Centre of Excellence, Czech Science Foundation (2015; PI: Milan
Gelnar; Co-PI: Tomas Scholz).
2013–2015: ‘Postdoctoral Fellowship Implementation
in Lithuania’ under the Program of Human Resources Development
Action Plan (2013–2015; VP1-3.1-SMM-01-V-02-004; PI: Olena Kudlai).
INTERNSHIPS AND RESEARCH VISITS
2015 (one month) School of Biological Sciences,
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Host: Dr. Thomas
H. Cribb.
2014 (one month, October) Laboratory of Helminthology,
Institute of Parasitology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Host:
Dr. Aneta Kostadinova and Dr. Anna Faltynkova.
2014 (one month, July) – Laboratory of Helminthology,
Institute of Parasitology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Host:
Dr. Aneta Kostadinova.
2014 (10 days, 4-15 May 2014) - EMBO Practical
Course "Computational molecular evolution", Heraklion,
Greece. Organizers: Nick Goldman, Alexandros Stamatakis, Antonis
Magoulas, Ziheng Yang, Aidan Budd.
2014 (one month) - Department of Biology, University
of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA. Host: Dr. Vasyl Tkach.
2012 (one week) - P.B. Sivickis Laboratory of
Parasitology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. Hosts:
Dr. Grazina Stanevicuite, Dr. Romualda Petkeviciute.
2011 (one week) - Zaklad Parasitologii Lekarskiej,
Panstwowy Zaklad Higieny, Warszawa, Poland. Host: Dr. Ruslan Salamatin.
2010 (two weeks) - Pracownia Biologii i Ekologii
Pasozytow, Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie,
SzczecinPoland. Host: Dr. Katarzyna Kavetska.
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Ukrainian
Scientific Society of Parasitologists (USSP), Parasitological
Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) .
SERVICES
Regular reviewer for "Parasites
& Vectors" and "Systematic
Parasitology". Reviewer in "Acta
Parasitologica", "Folia
Parasitologica", "Journal
of Helminthology", “Comparative Parasitology”.
Languages
Ukrainian (native), Russian, English.
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