Date of Birth: 08 February, 1984

Place of Birth: Penza-19, Penza obl., Russia

EDUCATION:

2006 – Diploma in Ecology; Penza State Pedagogical University.

2012 – Ph.D. in Biology; Penza State Technological Academy. Thesis title: “The community structure of testate amoebae in the Baikal lake region”. Scientific supervisor Prof. Mazei Y.A.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Oct. 2003 – March. 2004: Teacher of additional education. Children's ecological and biological center.

Nov.2006 – July 2009 : Assistant of the Department of ecology and methods of teaching ecology. Penza State Pedagogical University

Sep. 2009 – Jan.2018: Teacher. Penza State Technological Academy

Jan.2018- Aug.2018. Associate professor. St. Petersburg University of chemistry and pharmacy

Jan.2018 – Present: Associate professor. Microbiology, epidemiology and infectious diseases, Penza State University.

Author of more than 20 scientific and educational publications , including 1 article indexed in Scopus and 1 article indexed in WoS.

TAUGHT SUBJECTS

Microbiology and virology

Microbiology of the oral cavity

Immunology

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

1.                 Mazei Yu. A., Marfina O. V., Belyakova O. I., Chernyshov V. A. Changes of testate amoebae communities inhabiting epilithic mosses along an altitudinal gradient (Baikal lake region, Khamar-Daban). // Proceedings of the Samara scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2011. Vol. 13. №. 5. P. 134-138.

2.                 Mazei Yu. A., Marfina O. V., And Chernyshov V. A. The distribution of soil testate amoebae along a mountain slope (Baikal lake region, Khamar-Daban, Chersky peak). Povolzhskiy journal of ecology. 2011. Vol. 1. P. 42-48.

3.                 Marfina O.V., Chernyshov V.A., Mazei Yu.A.Structure of testate amoebae community in soils of the slope of Chersky peak (Hamar-Daban mountain range, Baikal lake region). XXI century: the results of the past and the problems of the present plus. 2011. Vol. 1 (01). P. 38-43.

4.                 Mazei Yu.,Marfina O.V., Chernyshov, V. A., Distribution of soil-inhabiting testate amoebae along a mountain slope (Baikal lake region, Khamar-Daban ridge, Cherskii peak) // BIOLOGY BULLETII. 2012. Vol. 39. №10. P. 800-804.