Arthur Yu. Nikulin ORCID 0000-0001-6113-2136 WoS ResearcherID AAO-7426-2020 Specialist in the field of molecular phylogeny and the phylogeography of cyanobacteria, algae and higher plants. He is proficient in the methods of molecular genetics (PCR, sequencing) and the processing of obtained results (construction of phylogenetic trees, molecular dating). Has experience in managing RFBR grants. Education: 2008–2013, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia), Faculty of Biology (Biochemistry). Scientific adviser: Dr. Andrey A. Gontcharov. Academic degree: 2017—PhD (Genetics). National Scientific Center for Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia. Thesis: Phylogenetic relationships and phylogeography of Orostachys spinosa (L.) Sweet (Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.) based on the analysis of nucleotide sequences of intergenic spacers of nuclear and chloroplast DNA. Scientific adviser: Dr. Andrey A. Gontcharov. Address: Federal scientific center of the East Asia terrestrial biodiversity, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 159, 100-letia Prospect, Vladivostok, Russia, 690022 Research interests: Molecular markers, secondary structure of DNA and RNA, phylogeny, phylogeography, algae, cyanobacteria. Employment history: 2012–present, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.