Research Staff

Chief Research Technician
lalabek@mail.ru

Quantity monitoring of planktonic larvae of mass benthic invertebrates species.

Engineer, Lab Equipment Administrator
tatiana_bek@mail.ru

Northern seas coastal ecosystems: structure, function and coastal zone management.

Scientist
katya.bubnova@gmail.com

Marine mycology.

Assistant Scientist

Marine mycology and algology; distribution and physiology of micromycetes living in peat bogs, coastal marshes, and in sea.

Leading Scientist
gakolbasov@gmail.com

Morphology, phylogeny, biology and evolution of crustaceans, study and monitoring of marine benthic communities.

Senior Scientist

Ecological structure of salt meromictic lakes separating from the White Sea, ecology of mass species of free-living nematodes of the White sea intertidal zone; meiobenthos population structure, influence of the aquatic environment; protection of birds; implementation of sustainable environmental management; science journalism and popularization of science.

Chief Technician
Molecular Biology Lab Administrator

Molecular marine biology; molecular systematics of polichaetes; genome structure and gene expression in marine invertebrates.

Chief Technician
Underwater Photographer semenov@wsbs-msu.ru

Underwater photography

WSBS Director

abtzetlin@wsbs-msu.ru

Morphology, evolution, taxonomy, and biology of polychaetes; comparative morphology of trochophores; traditional coastal management of the White Sea and other northern seas of Russia; development of sustainable coastal management.

Chief Scientist

Morphology, ultrastructure, taxonomy, phylogeny and ecology of polychaetes; molecular systematics of polichaetes; study of underwater landscapes of the White Sea; use of underwater photography in seafloor mapping and in study of underwater biotopes and biology of the White Sea inhabitants.

Resarch Scientist

Morphology and systematics of Myzostomida, Sabellidae, Serpulidae, Biodiversity of Arctic and Boreal seas.