Dr. Sofia Stepanovna Barinova

Born: August 13, 1948, Kozelsk, Russia
Citizenship: Israeli
Present Address: 1/8 Mor Str., Haifa, Israel
Phone: 04-8249697 (work); 04-8370689 (home)
Fax: (972)-4-8240411 (work)
Email: vkrassilov@hotmail.com

Education:
1968-1973 - University Diploma in Chemistry, Far-East State University, Vladivostok.

1991 - PhD (Candidate of Sciences) in Botany. Institute of Botany, Acad. Sci. USSR, St.-Petersburg

Positions:
1968 - 1989: Researcher in the Institute of Biology and Pedology, Far-Eastern Branch, Acad. Sci. USSR, Vladivostok

1989 - 1993: Senior researcher in the Institute of Nature Conservation, Ministry of Ecology, Moscow

1994 - 2001: Head of Laboratory of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Nature Conservation, Ministry of Ecology, Moscow

2001 - present. Senior scientist of Institute Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel.

Research Interests:
Algology, biodiversity, hydrochemistry, bioindication, aquatic ecology, evolution of aquatic ecosystems, assessment of water quality, ecological regulation.

Teaching:
Practicum on lower plants.1986. Far East State University, Vladivostok

Curator of 1 PhD students in algology 1996 - 2001,

2 PhD students work in progress.

International Meetings and Other Public Activities:

Participant of the Pacific Botanical Congress, Khabarovsk, 1979.

Participant of International symposia on algology and biotesting, including:

o Workshops on Diatomology, Leningrad, 1988, Minsk, 1995.

o X International Diatom Symposium, Joensuu, Finland, 1988.

o VIII All-Union Conference "Lake History. Rational use and protection of lacustrine reservoirs". Minsk, 1989.

o International conference "Biotest", Moscow, 1993.

o International Symposium "Ecosystem Evolution", Moscow, 1995.

o International Symposium "Current Problems in Algology, Mycology and Phytopathology", Moscow, 1998.

o International Conference " Preservation Strategy for Wetlands of Russia", Moscow, 1999.

o International Symposium "Lacustrine Ecosystems: Biological Processes, Anthropogenic Transformation, Water Quality", Minsk, 1999.

Languages:
Russian
English
German
Hebrew (studying)

Scientific Achievements:
Contribution to methodology of monitoring and analysis of floristic succession for natural and artificial reservoirs, applied to the lacustrine ecosystems of eastern Asia, in particular of natural preserves, 1979 - 1995.

A new method of ecosystem assessment based on the dynamics of aquatic biodiversity, 1992 - 2000.

Data base of algal indicators for ecosystem analysis, including 3500 taxa, 1986 - 2000.

A method of diatom preparations for SEM studies, 1988.

New approaches to basinal analysis of algal diversity and ecological mapping, with a series of ecological maps for European Russia, 1994 - 2000.

Publications: author and co-author 79 scientific papers and 4 books
Doctor Sofia Stepanovna Barinova

List of Publications
Books:
PhD Thesis: "Algoflora of Artemovsk reservoir". Institute of Botany, Acad. Sci. USSR, St.-Peterburg, 1991, 256 pp. Superviser Prof. I.V. Makarova.

Barinova, S.S., Medvedeva, L.A. Atlas of algae as saprobic indicators (Russian Far East). Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, 1996, 364 pp. (Russian).

Barinova, S.S., Trofimova, M.G., Karlsen, A.G., Solovyeva, A.A. A complex ecological assessment of the Istra River Basin. VINITI, Moscow, 1999, 254 pp. (Russian).

Barinova, S.S., Trofimova, M.G., Karlsen, A.G., Solovyeva, A.A. Assessment of ecosystem status in water reservoirs with the basinal method and regional aspects. VINITI, Moscow, 1999, 110 pp. (Russian).

Barinova, S.S., Medvedeva, L.A., Anissimova, O.V. Algae as indicators of environmental quality. Inst. Nat. Cons., Moscow, 2000, 150 pp. (Russian).

Selected Papers in Peer-Reviewd Journals:
1995
Barinova, S.S. 1995On characters of covering membrane in diatom algae. Algologia. Vol. 5: 234-238. (Russian).
Barinova, S.S. 1995. Characters of colonial habit in diatom algae. Algologia. Vol. 5: 378-386. (Russian).
Barinova, S.S. 1995. An approach to methodology of integrated ecological assessments based on biodiversity indices over the river basins.
GAP-Analysis. Global Environmental Facilities. Biodiversity Conservation Program for the Russian Federation", WWF, Moscow. Pp. 18-23. (English).

1997
Barinova, S.S. 1997. Morphology of connecting spines in diatom algae, genus Aulacoseira Thwaites. Paleontol. J., Spec. Vol. 2: 118-124 (English).

1998
Barinova, S.S. 1998. Assessment of aquatic ecosystems of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago based on saprobic algae of Novozemelsk Preserve. Algology. (Russian).
Barinova, S.S., Medvedeva, L.A. Watanabe's method in assessment of water bodies organic pollution. Algology. 1998. (Russian).

1999
Barinova, S.S. 1999. Ecosystem method of assessing disturbance of aquatic bodies. Ecological Systems and Instruments. Vol. 5: 32-34. (Russian).
Barinova, S.S., Karlsen, A.G. 1999. Integral Criteria in assessment of pollution and recovery of aquatic systems. Vol. 6: 26-28. (Russian).
Krassilov, V.A., Afonin, S.A., Barinova, S.S. 1999. Tympanicysta and the terminal Permian events. Permophiles. Vol. 35: 16-17. (English)
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2000
Barinova, S.S. 2000. An assessment of the state of aquatic ecosystems of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (Novozemelskiy reserve, Russia). International Journal on Algae. 2(3): 62-69. (English).

2001
Afonin, S.A., Barinova, S.S, & Krassilov, V.A. A bloom of zygnematalean green algae Tympanicysta at the Permian - Triassic boundary. Biodiversitas, 2001. (English) (in press).
Web-sites:

2001
Barinova, S.S., Medvedeva, L.A., Anissimova, O.V. 2001. Algae as indicators of environmental quality. Moscow State University, www//herba.msu.ru (Russian).
January, 28, 2002