Senior Researcher. Graduated from the Kirov Agricultural Institute in 1990. Obtained Cand. Sci. (Biol.) degree in 2010. Worked at the Northern Zonal Laboratory of the USSR Game Management and Fur Farming Research Institute from 1990 to 1992 (Arkhangelsk, Russia). Has been working at the Institute of Biogeography and Genetic Resources, FECIAR UrB RAS since 2003. Scientific interests include community ecology, biogeography, and human impact. Member of the Russian Geographical Society since 2008.