Nina Alexeeva

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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Senior Researcher, Curator of the collection of Iridaceae and monocotyledon plants

E-mail: alexeeva@binran.ru

Research interests:

Introduction, preservation of plants, systematics (genus Iris)

Education and work experience:

1982 — graduated from Leningrad Forest Engineering Academy named after S. M. Kirov awarded with the order of Lenin, the chair of forestry, the course of urban gardening. Qualification paper “Irises in urban gardening of Leningrad”.
1976–1982 — senior laboratory technician at V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
1982–1998 — senior agrotechnician at V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1991 — the Russian Academy of Sciences).
1993 — internship in Germany at Hamburg Botanical Garden.
1997 — studying at the Attingham Summer School, Great Britain.
2000–2004 — PhD school at V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. PhD thesis “Species of Iris genus in Russia. The problems of preservation in situ and introduction” (scientific advisor: R.V. Kamelin, DSc, Biol., Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences), 2005.
1998–2008 — leading agrotechnician at V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
2008 — senior research fellow at V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Grants and research projects:

2005–2006 — creation of the rare species exposition with support of BGCI and HSBC program "Investing in Nature" (head)
2008–2009 — grant 02.05-5102 of US-Russia Intergovernmental Agreement on preservation of the environment (convening the international seminar on organization of volunteer movement in botanical gardens, dendraria, nurseries, reserves (team member)
2009 — exhibition activity with support of the scientific program of St. Petersburg Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (head)
2009 — grant of the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research # 09-04-90816. Internship of Е.V. Boltenkov (head)
2011 — academic currency-free exchange. Work at herbaria of China (Beijing, Cheng-tu, Shanghai) (head)
2009, 2011 — expeditions of V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences with support of the scientific program of St. Petersburg Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (head)
2011 — grant GEF-CFT2011 — Loki Smidt Fund (Hamburg, Germany) with support of the scientific program of St. Petersburg Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (head). The International expedition to the Northern Caucuses (head)
2012 — grant of the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research. Biodiversity: inventory, functions, preservation. Expedition to Cyprus (team member)
2012 — Grant AISF (USА). Modernization of the website www.flower-iris.ru (head)
2015 — grant of the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research. Biodiversity: inventory, functions, preservation. Expedition to Crete (team member)
2016–2017 — grant AIS2016 (USА). Internship of P.M. Zhurbenko at California University in Berkeley (head)
2018–2019 — grant GEF-CFT2018 – Loki Smidt Fund (Hamburg, Germany). Internship of А.N. Afanasieva and N.E.Fedorova at the University botanical garden of Hamburg (curator)
2019 — grant AIS2019 (USА). International expedition to the Far East (participant)

Conferences and workshops:

II Moscow International Symposium on genus Iris “Iris-2011” (2011, Moscow)
Symposium of the American Iris Society (2013, Dallas, USA)
III International Conference “Life in harmony: botanical gardens and society – dialog without borders” (2013, Tver’)
III Moscow International Symposium on genus Iris “Iris-2016” (2016, Moscow)
II National conference on Irises in Shanghai Botanical Garden (2018, Shanghai, China)

Professional memberships:

Russian Botanical Society
American Iris Society
British Iris Society

Expeditions:

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, 1977;
Kyrgyzstan, 1978;
Abkhazia, 1980;
Primorye, islands Sakhalin, Kunashir, 1989;
Northern Caucuses, 1993 (international);
Altai, 2000 (international);
Stavropol krai, Vologda region, 2000;
Altai, 2001;
Baikal region, 2002;
Altai, 2002 ((international);
Primorye, 2003;
Altai, 2004;
Pskov region, 2006;
Leningrad region, island Lisiy and other, 2006;
Primorye, 2006;
Mongolia, 2007;
Northern Caucuses, 2009;
India, 2010;
Leningrad region, island Dolgunets and other, 2011;
Northern Caucuses, 2011 (international);
Greece, Cyprus, 2012;
Greece, Crete, 2015;
Cambodia, islands Koh Kong, Koh Rong, 2015 (international);
Mongolia, 2018 (international);
Primorye, 2019 (international).

Editorial activity:

Manuscript reviewer for journals «Phytotaxa», «Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences», «Plant Resources», «Vavilov journal of genetics and selection» etc.