Svetlana Smirnova

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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Research Scientist

E-mail: SSmirnova@binran.ru

Research interests:

Study of the diversity of Cyanoprokaryotes in waterbodies of the Leningrad and Novgorod regions.
Study of the diversity of Cyanoprokaryotes and Eukaryotic algae of continental waterbodies of Antarctica.

Keywords: Algae, springs, Cyanoprokaryota, Cyanophyta, Cyanobacteria, Novgorod region, Leningrad region, Antarctica

Education and work experience:

2004–2011 ― student of St. Petersburg State University.
2011–2014 ― Postgraduate student of the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.

2014–2023 ― Research Assistant at of the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2023 ― until now ― Research Scientist at the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS. St. Petersburg

Grants and research projects:

Member of research team:

2022–2023. RSF №22-24-00590 «Biological diversity of cyanoprokaryotes in Antarctic algal-bacterial consortia».
2018. RFBR №18-04-20079. Project of organization of the IV Russian scientific conference with international participation «Algae: problems of taxonomy, ecology and use in monitoring».
2016–2018. АААА-А16-116012510021-0 «Spatial and functional relationships of plants and animals of the belt of red algae in the White Sea».

Conferences and workshops:

Organizing committee:

IV All-Russian scientific conference with international participation «Algae: problems of taxonomy, ecology and use in monitoring». Russia, St. Petersburg, September 24–28, 2018. Member of the organizing committee.

Attendee:

V International scientific and practical conference Natural Environment of Antarctica. Republic of Belarus, Brest region, Kamenets district, Kamenyuki village, September 25–27, 2024. Oral presentation.
2nd International scientific conference «Cyanoprokaryota/Cyanobacteria: systematic, ecology, distribution». Russia, Syktyvkar, September 16–21, 2019. Oral presentation.
International conference and the field course «Сyanoprokaryota (cyanobacteria): systematics, ecology, distribution». Russia, Apatity, September 5–9, 2016. Oral presentation.
20th IAC Cyanophyte/Cyanobacteria Research Symposium. Innsbruck, 2016. Oral presentation.

Selected publications:

Smirnova S.V., Velichko N.V. First data on the biodiversity of cyanobacteria in algal-bacterial communities in the littoral of lakes of the Stornes Peninsula (Larsemann Hills oasis, East Antarctica). Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii. 2023. 57(2): A43–A63.

Velichko N.V., Makeeva A.S., Averina S.G., Smirnova S.V. Chamaesiphon fontinalis sp. nov., a new species of unicellular asymmetrically dividing cyanobacteria. Nature Conservation Research. Nature Conservation Research. 2023. 8(3): 47–60.

Chaplygina O.Ya., Smirnova S.V., Balashova N.B. Algae and cyanoprokaryotes from the soils of the larsemann hills oasis (progress station, antarctica). Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2021. 106(10): 959–970.

Smirnova S.V., Safronova T.V., Luknitskaya A.F., Boldina O.N. Rare and new for Antarctica species of algae from the continental waterbodies of Schirmacher Oasis. Novosti sistematiki nizshyh rastenij. 2021. 55(2): 335–347.

Smirnova S.V., Chaplygina O.Ya., Luknitskaya A.F., Boldina O.N. New and rare species of algae for Antarctica from the waterbodies of the Schirmacher Oasis (East Antarctica). Issues of modern Algology. 2021. 2(26): 144–147.

Velichko N., Smirnova S., Averina S., Pinevich A. A survey of Antarctic cyanobacteria. Hydrobiologia. 2021. 848: 2627–2652.

Smirnova S.V., Chaplygina O.Y., Luknitskaya A.F. Algal communities of the waterbodies of Schirmacher oasis, East Antarctica. Arctic and Antarctic Research. 2020. 66(2): 198–216. [In Russian]

Beljakova R.N., Smirnova S.V. Stichosiphon subarcticus sp. nov. (Cyanoprokaryota, Chroococcales) from the White Sea. Novosti sistematiki nizshyh rastenij. 2018. 52(2): 235–244. [In Russian]

Smirnova S.V. Analysis of cyanoprokaryote flora in waterbodies of «Valdaiskiy» National Park (Novgorod Region). Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2017. 102(5): 598–617. [In Russian]

Smirnova S.V. Algae and Cyanoprokaryota from springs of Leningrad region rare and new for Russia. Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2016. 101(11): 1309–1317. [In Russian]

Smirnova S.V., Beljakova R.N. New species of genus Stichosiphon (Cyanoprokaryota) from waterbodies of Valdaysky national park (Novgorod region). Botanicheskii zhurnal. 2016. 101(12): 1466–1481. [In Russian]

Smirnova S.V. Benthic Cyanoprokaryota from waterbodies of the National Park «Valdaisky» (Novgorod Region). Novosti sistematiki nizshyh rastenij. 2015. 49: 52–74. [In Russian]

Smirnova S.V. Planktonic Cyanoprokaryota from waterbodies of National Park “Valdaiskiy”. Novosti sistematiki nizshyh rastenij. 2014. 48: 89–103. [In Russian]

Cantonati M., Angeli N., Virtanen L., Wojtal A. Z., Gabrieli J., Falasco E., Lavoie I., Morin S., Marchetto A., Fortin C., Smirnova S. Achnanthidium minutissimum (Bacillariophyta) valve deformities as indicators of metal enrichment in diverse widely-distributed freshwater habitats. Science of the Total Environment. 2014. 475: 201–215.