Abteilung Palynologie und Klimadynamik

Curriculum Vitae

Personal details


  • Nationality: Russian
  • Date of Birth: 1983
  • Place of birth: Chita, USSR



  • Education:

    • 2009-2011 M. Sc. in Ecology and Geosciences, Master Programme for Polar and Marine Research POMOR. University of Hamburg, Germany, final grade (Gesamtnote) – ‘sehr gut’. St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Diploma MA No. 03200, final grade for State Examination – ‘excellent’

    2010-2011 University of Bremen, M.Sc. Programme Marine Biology, exchange student. Final grade for Semester paper – ‘excellent’

    2008-2009 Murmansk State Pedagogical University, Faculty of foreign languages (English), part-time student. Not completed as been enrolled in St. Petersburg State University, POMOR Master Programme

    2001-2006 Specialist Diploma in Biosciences BCA 0143753 (Final grade for State Examination – ‘excellent’). Murmansk State Technical University (Russia), Faculty of Biology.

    1994-2001 Secondary Comprehensive School N14, Town of Apatity, Murmansk region (Russia). Certificate A No. 7493203

  • Languages:

    • Native: Russian
    Foreign: 1. Certificate in English (level 4, B2) N 01141209 issued by St. Petersburg State University Foreign Language Center on March, 2010. Note: good.
    2. Goethe-Institute Certificate in German (level 1, A1) issued on November, 2010. Note: excellent.

  • Previous Research Experience:

    • MSc research 2009-2011 : Reconstruction of the Vegetation of Podporozhsky District (Leningrad Region, Russia) During the Holocene According to Pollen Analysis. St. Petersburg State University (Russia), University of Hamburg (Germany) Master Programme for Polar and Marine Research POMOR

    Student semester research 2011: Student Research Project in Polar Marine Biology (Macro-Scale Taxonomic Detection of the Phytoplankton by Marker Pigments Measured with High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany) – University of Bremen

    2008-2009: Vegetation of Russian Arctic. Murmansk State Technical University (Russia), Botanical Garden; researcher.

    2006-2008: Vegetation of Russian Arctic. Murmansk State Technical University (Russia), Botanical Garden; technician

    July-August, 2008: Vegetation of Vorona State National Reserve. Vorona State National Reserve (Tambov Region, Russia); senior researcher (field contract)

    1.02.2007 -29.04.2007: Statistical and Computer Methods in Phytosocialogical Investigations. Moscow State University (Russia), Faculty of Biology, scientific practice; guest-researcher

    Diploma research 2006: Floristic Analysis and Distribution of the Macrolichens of the Town of Apatity (Murmansk Region, Russia). Murmansk State Technical University (Russia)

  • Another Working Experience:

    • 2007-2009: Teaching botany and leading student field practice. Murmansk State Technical University (Russia)

    2005: Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden (Murmansk region, Russia); laboratory assistant (during the summer student practice).

    2003: Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden (Murmansk region, Russia); laboratory worker, field assistant (during the summer student practice). Field experience

    2003-2006 Vegetation research in Murmansk Region, Khibiny Mountains and Karelia (Northern Russia). Main responsibilities: assistance in vegetation description, plant and lichens collecting. Species determination

    2008 Vegetation research in Tombov Region (Middle Russia) during the work in Vorona State National Reserve. Main responsibilities: vegetation description, survey and mapping, herbarium work. Species determination

    2011 Leningrad Region (North-Western Russia) during the study at POMOR Master Programme and work on the master thesis). Main responsibilities: vegetation description and classification, species determination, pollen analysis, microscopy, constructing and work with temporal pollen traps, core analysis.

  • Mountaineering expeditions

    • 2006 - 2008 Khibiny Mountains (Northern Russia)

    2009 Northern Caucasus (with climbing the Elbrus)

    2010 Northern Caucasus (with the Gikaugenkez ice plateau traverse)

  • Publications:

    • Poliakova, A. N., 2006. Macrolichens of canyons and valleys of the Central and West Khibiny. Vestnik MSTU. Murmansk. V9 – 5: 757-761 (in Russian, abstract in English).

    Govorova, A.F., Zengina. T. Yu., Poliakova. A. N., 2007. Plant adaptations for natural and anthropogenic factors in the Lake Imandra water basin. Materials of the XI Conference “Northern Biodiversity, Rational Natural Management and Conservation”. Archangelsk. 5: 128-129. 394 (in Russian).

    Poliakova. A. N., Zengina. T. Yu., 2007. Lichens in student’s Data Base in GIS “Nature Management”. Materials of the XI Conference “Northern Biodiversity, Rational Natural Management and Conservation”. Archangelsk. 5: 123-125 (in Russian).

    Poliakova, A. N., 2008. Observation of the changing in species composition of the epigeic lichen communities of the town of Apatity (Murmansk region, Russian Federation). Materials of the Acad. Sprygin’s conference for Biodiversity. Penza. 1: 392-394 (in Russian).

    Poliakova, A. N., 2008. Scientific collection of vascular plans and lichens in Vorona National Reserve. Materials of Russian National Parks and Reserves. 4: 333-337 (in Russian).

  • Scholarships, Conferences and Diplomas:

    • 2010-2011 DAAD-Vorhaben "Stipendien Masterstudiengang für angewandte Meeres- und Polarforschung POMOR" (50733296), St. Petersburg (Russia) – Bremen (Germany)

    2006 I Diploma in XII International Youth Conference “Eco-2006”, Moscow, Russia.

    2006 I Diploma in Regional Student Competition for the Best Scientific Paper “Scientific Elite XXI-2006”, Murmansk, Russia.

    2005 I Diploma in Regional Student Competition for the Best Scientific Paper “Scientific Elite XXI-2005”, Murmansk, Russia.

    2004 I Diploma in Regional Student Competition for the Best Scientific Paper “Scientific Elite XXI-2004”, Murmansk, Russia.

    2004 II Diploma in MSTU Student Conference, Murmansk, Russia.

    2003 I Diploma in MSTU Student Conference, Murmansk, Russia

    2001 International Prize “Award in Biodiversity Conservation Science”, Murmansk, Russia.

    2000 International Certificate of the First International Summer School “Keep Our Earth Clean”, Bielefeld, Germany.

    2000-1999 Scholarship of the local authority for the high achievements in education, town of Apatity, Russia.

    1999-1998 Scholarship of the local authority for the high achievements in education, town of Apatity, Russia.