Беркутенко Александра
Наумовна (Berkutenko Alexandra Naumovna)
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME IN FULL: Alexandra Naumovna Berkutenko
SEX: female
OFFICIAL ADDRESS: Herbarium, Institute of Biological Problems of the
North,
Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences,
Portovaja street 18,
Magadan 685000, Russia
office telephone: (+7 41322) 3 44 63
HOME ADDRESS: P.O.Box 225
Portovaja street, 31/12 apt.40
Magadan 685000 Russia
home telephone (+7 41322) 3-56-53
e-mail: berkuten"at"online.magadan.su,
berkut"at"ibpn.ru
NATIONALITY: Russian
MARITIAL STATUS: Married;
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP: Russia
LANGUAGES: Russian (native); English |
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EDUCATION:
1968-1973 - Undergraduate student, Ural State University, Sverdlovsk
(Ekaterinburg), Russia
1973-1979 - postgraduate student for Candidate' degree in Plant Taxonomy
and
Systematics, under supervision of Prof. A.K.Skvortsov,
Main Botanical Garden of USSR Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, Russia
1980 - "Candidate" dissertation is defended and scientific degree
"Candidate of Sciences" is awarded
1982 - Attendance at the International Diploma Courses in
Herbarium Technique in Kew Gardens in London
1997 - Doctor' dissertation is defended in Main Botanical Garden
in Moscow and second scientific degree (Dr.Sc.),
according to Russian system of scientific degrees)
is awarded.
RESEARCH WORK:
1968-1973 - Studies on flora of Repetek Reserve in Turkmen Republic
Diploma thesis, MSc: Analysis of Flora of Repetek Reserve
- Participation in botanical expeditions:
Middle Asia, Primorje, Tuva, Mongolia, Crimea,
Western and Eastern Siberia
1973-1980 - Studies on Cruciferae of Kolyma Upland (Candidate dissertation);
- Research on different uninvestigated parts of the North
Russian Far East: Kamtchatka, Sakhalin, Wrangel Island,
Khabarovsk region, Chukotka, Magadan region.
- Preparation of a series of publications on the flora and
vegetation of these districts and monograph:
"Cruciferae of Kolyma Upland".
1980-1992 - Treatment of family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) for 3rd volume
of "Vascular Plants of the Soviet Far East"
- Publication of booklets:
"Rare Plants of Magadan Region"
"Flora and Vegetation of Magadanskyi Reserve";
- Investigation of the flora of islands in Okhotsk sea;
- Russian translation of the book by Eleanor Viereck,
"Alaska's Wilderness Medicines, Healthful Plants of the
Far North," and publication - with commentaries - on the
uses of the same plants in the Asiatic part of same area
in the journal "Kolyma"
1992-1995 - Publication of the book co-authored with E.Viereck: "Medicinal
and Edible Plants of Alaska and Russian Far East"
- Taxonomical revision of Beringian Cruciferae.
- Scientific expertise of influence of gold mining on
vegetation, according to Russian-American Project in
Omolon Basin, Russia.
- Translation of the book by Richard Baldwin:
"Edible, Medicinal, Poisonous, Useful and some just
Interesting Plants of the Cook Inlet Region of Alaska"
1996-1999 - Investigation of floristic connections of Cruciferae of
North
Asia with Central Asian species, Himalayas and Tibet.
- Scientific expertise of pipe line route in Sakhalin for
international project of “Sakhalin Energy”
- Study of biology of germination of seeds of the
Far-East plants.
PUBLICATIONS: 132 publications
OCCUPATION:
1973-1976 - Research Assistant in Institute of Biological Problems
of the
North
- Postgraduate student in Main Botanical Garden
1976-1985 - Senior Research Officer at Institute of Biological Problems
of
the North
1985- present
- Curator of Herbarium, Institute of Biological Problems of
the North
- Head of the Laboratory of Botany of the same Institute, professor
at biology department of Northern International Institute
1989 - Official visits to Iceland and Denmark under auspices of the
Academy of
Sciences of the USSR to the Botanical Museum in
Copenhagen and Scientific Council of Iceland
1992 - Attendance at International Diploma Courses in Herbarium
Technique at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
(awarded Diploma)
1992 - Official visits to Scotland (Edinburgh Botanical Garden) and
Iceland under auspices of the National Research Council
of Iceland
1993 - Official visit to University of Alaska in Fairbanks;
study of herbarium materials of Cruciferae;
lectures about flora and vegetation of North-Eastern
Russia in different sites in Alaska.
- Attendance at the International Conference on Curation of
Herbaria in St. Petersburg, Russia
1994 - Participation in SAF National Convention in Anchorage:
"Managing Forests to Meet People's Needs,"
with presentation of paper about dendroflora of Magadan
region
- Oral presentation on similarity of Cruciferae of Western
and Eastern Beringia at the American-Russian Conference
"Bridges of Science" in Vladivostok
1995 - Participation in the conference of IOPB in Tromso with
presentation: Taxonomic Revisions in Beringian Cruciferae
1996 - Participation in the first symposium "Restoration Ecology"
with presentation on human impact on vegetation in
Chukotka and Magadan Region
- Transcontinental speaking tour on Flora of the Russian Far
East in United States and Canada, sponsored by
North American Rock Garden Society,
- Participation in the conference "Impatience and Despair:
Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746) and the Scientific
Exploration of Siberia and Alaska" held in Halle, Germany,
with presentation on ethnobotany of Chukotka, Kamchatka
and Alaska
1997 - Invited lectures in Oslo University on taxonomy of Cruciferae
- Invited lectures at the Courses of the University of
Svalbard in Spitzbergen on origin of Arctic flora and flora
of Beringia
- Participation in the conference "Computerized data-bases in
botanical investigations," St.-Petersburg with presentation
on usage of DELTA for construction of keys in Cruciferae.
- Second scientific degree "doctor" according to the Russian
system of scientific degrees is defended in Main Botanical
Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
1998 - Participation at the workshop on Panarctic flora in Oslo with
presentation: "Cruciferae of Russian and North American
Arctic: necessity of circumpolar approach".
- Preparation of the articles about influence of different
factors on germination of seeds of wild plants of Siberia
and Far East.
- Supervisor of 3 graduate students and 2 Ph.D.students.
1999 - Lectureship at professor position in Northern International
University in Magadan
HONOURS AND AWARDS:
- An International Diploma in Herbarium Techniques has
been awarded by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 1992.
- Travel grant from Mac-Arthur Foundation for the meeting in Zurich,
Switzerland in 1996
- Membership in:
North-American Rock Garden Society
International Organization of Plant Biosystematists
- Invited by International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England
to be
included in Sixteenth Edition of "Men of Achievement"
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Eutrema edwardsii R.Br. and Thlaspi kamtschaticum Karav. in Far
East.
Botanical journal, 61,12, 1976
2. On some findings of Cruciferae on Kolyma upland. Flora and vegetation
of
Magadan region, Vladivostok, 1976
3. On species composition and distribution of Draba on Kolyma upland.
Biological problems of the North, VII symposium, Petrozavodsk, 1976
4. Caryological peculiarities of some Cruciferae of Kolyma upland.
(in the
same edition as 3)
5. Chromosome numbers and distribution Cruciferae on the south of Kolyma
upland. Botanical journal, 61,11,1976.
6. What is Arabis sinuata Turcz.? Botanical journal, 62,7, 1977.
7. Arabis maximoviczii N.Busch on the south of Magadan region.
Bulletin of the Main Botanical Garden, 103, 1977.
8. What is Draba tschuktschorum Trautv.? Flora and vegetation of
Chukotka, Vladivostok, 1978.
9. Notes on nomenclature and distribution of some Cruciferae of
Siberia and the Russian far East. Novitates systematicae, 15,1978.
10. On taxonomy of Draba of North-East USSR. Novit.syst.,16,1979
11. Some results of investigation of Draba of North-East USSR.
Biological problems of the North, VIII symposium, Apatyti, 1979
12. Two new species of Draba from Okhotsk sea shore. Botanical
journal, 64,5, 1979
13. Asiatic-American connections (examples from Cruciferae of Kolyma
Upland).XIV Pacific Scientific Congress, botany, Moscow, 1979.
14. Eutrema edwardsii, Draba stenopetala and Spiranthes sinensis
in Kamchatka. Botanical journal, 66,1,1981.
15. Oceanic and continental elements in Cruciferae and their
significance for floristic zonation of Magadan region. Biological problems
of the North, IX Symposium, Syktyvkar, 1981.
16. On ecology and affinity of Sisymbrium polymorphum. Biology and
Ecology
of plants in Kolyma basin. Vladivostok, 1981.
17. Cruciferae of the south of Magadan region. Biology of the plants
and
flora of the north of Far East. Vladivostok, 1981.
18. Oreophytous element in Cruciferae of the North-East of the USSR.
Investigation of alpine flora.Sverdlovsk,1982.
19. What is Braya tilingii Regel? Novit.syst.,18,1982.
20 .Cruciferae of Kolyma upland. Vladivostok, 1983
21. Endemics of North-East USSR in Cruciferae. History of vegeta
tion cover of North-East Asia. Novosibirsk, Nauka, 1984
22. Alpine element in Cruciferae of North-East USSR. Vegetation
cover of mountains. Leningrad, Nauka, 1985
23. Chromosome numbers and distribution of North-East USSR Cruci
ferae. Botanical journal, 69,1, 1984.
24. Morphology, ecology and geography of Cardamine trifida.
Biomorphology of the plants of Far East. Vladivostok, 1983.
25. Beringian connections in Cruciferae of North-East USSR.
Biological problems of the North, X symposium, 1983
26. Cruciferae of Kamchatka. Biological problems of the North.XI
symposium, Jakutsk, 1986
27. Survey of ecology and distribution of Cruciferae of Magadan
region. Ecology, distribution and life forms of the plants of Magadan
region. Vladivostok, 1987
28. Brassicaceae // Vascular plants of the soviet Far East, volume
3.
Leningrad, Nauka, 1988
29. Cruciferae of Siberia (key for genera identification) Novit.syst.
1989
30. Anthropophilous element in Cruciferae. Problems of investigation
of
sinanthropous flora. Moscow, 1989
31. Cruciferae of soviet Far East.Actual questions of botanical
investigations, Moscow, 1989
32. Cruciferae in Amur basin, their ecology and conservation. III
Soviet-Chinese symposium, Blagoveschensk, 1989.
33. Bering Land Bridge as a barrier or filter to the dispersal of plants:
examples from Brassicaceae. Bridges of the Science between N.America
and the
Russian Far East. 45 Arctic Conference, book 2. Vladivostok, 1994 (coathored
by D.Murray)
34. New data about similarity of Cruciferae in Western and Eastern
sectors
of
North Pacific. XVIII Pacific Science Congress, Bejing, China, 1995.
35. Diversity of Cruciferae in Beringia: some taxonomic and nomenclatural
revisions. VI International Symposium IOPB, Tromso, Norway, 1995.
36. Detective story about one Linnaean species of Cruciferae. Linzer
Biol.Beitr.,27/2, 1995.
37. Tibet-Altai-Beringia - does geographical isolation correlate taxonomic
differentiation? Flora of Siberia. Russian conference dedicated Siberian
botanist Cherepnin.1996.
38. New data about similarity of floras of Western and Eastern Beringia
(examples from Cruciferae) Vestnik DVO, 2, 1997
39. Vegetation Changes in the Northern Russian Far East as a Result
of
Human Activity (coauthored by A.N.Polezhaev) Polar Geology and Geography,
1995 (19) 4.
40. The remarkable Pinus pumila. International Dendrology Society Year
Book,
1992, printed in Great Britain in 1993.
41. Dendroflora of Magadan Region.Managing Forests to Meet People Needs.
Proceedings of the 1994 Society of American Foresters/Canadian Institute
of
Forestry Convention. Anchorage, Alaska, September 18-24, 1994, Bethesda,
Maryland, 1995.
42. Medicinal and Edible Plants of Alaska and the Russian Far East
(coauthored by E.Viereck). Vladivostok, 1995, 191 p.
43. Rare plants of Magadan Region. Magadan, 1987, 74 p.
44. On the genus Megadenia Maxim.(Brassicaceae)Botanical Journal,
1998,vol.83,N8 p.69-72
45. Does the Whitlow-grass Draba sibirica (Pall.)Thell. occur in North
America? The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1998 vol.112, N3, p.513-515.
46. Cardamine trifida (Cruciferae) and its unique dispersal adapted
underground organs. Syst.Geogr.Pl.vol.68, 1999
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