Name:
Smurov Alexey
Present
position
research scientists
Present
affiliation
Lab of Brackish Water Hydrobiology, Zoological institute,
Russian Academy of Science
Present
institutional
address
Zoological institute, Russian Academy of Science
University emb., 1; 199034 St-Petersburg, RUSSIA
Phone: +7 (812) 3284609, ext. 299; Fax: (812) 3282941;
E-mail: alexsmurov112004@mail.ru
Areas of
scientific
interests:
(1) Salinity adaptations of Protista; (2) bivalves and polychaete
worms, their ecology; (3) structure and functioning of benthic
brackish and freshwater ecosystems (Baltic Sea, ponto-caspian
Seas and estuaries, Aral Sea).
I. Educational Background
Year Degree Major and main research topics Name and place of degreegranting Institution
2007 Ph.D
Major: Protistology
Thesis: “Salinity adaptations of
ciliates of genus Paramecium
(Ciliophora, Peniculia)”
1988 M. Sc Major: Biology, Zoology of
invertabrates
Zoological Institute of Academy
of Sciences of Russia, St.
Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg state university,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Thesis: “Small-scale distribution of
invertabrates on White Sea
intertidal zone”
II. Professional Experience
Time
Position
Name and place of Institution
19881991
engineer
Laboratory of hydrobiology, Hydro meteorological
Center of Northwestern department of Hydro
meteorological ministry
1991 2007
Minor
research
scientist
Zoological Institute of Academy of Sciences of USSR, St.
Petersburg, Russia
2007present
Research
scientist
Zoological Institute of Academy of Sciences of USSR, St.
Petersburg, Russia
III. Publications:
Total number of publications: 69
Selected publications:
Aladin N.V., I.S. Plotnikov, M.I. Orlova, A.A. Filippov, A.O. Smurov, D.D. Pirulin, O.M. Rusakova, L.V.
Zhakova. 1996. Changes in the form and biota of the Aral Sea over time. NATO ASI Series, 2.
Environment - Vol.12. The Aral Sea Basin. Springer-Verlag, P. 33-55.
Orlova M.I., N.V. Aladin, A.A. Filippov, I.S. Plotnikov, A.O. Smurov, O.M. Rusakova, L.V. Zhakova,
D.D. Piriulin Living associations of the Northern part of the Aral Sea in 1993-1995. Ecological
Research and Monitoring of the Aral Sea Deltas. A basis for restoration. UNESCO Aral Sea Project.
1992-1996 Final Scientific Report, UNESCO 1998, Paris, P. 95-139.
Smurov A.O., Fokin S.I. 1998. Resistance of Paramecium caudatum infected with endonuclear
bacteria Holospora against salinity impact. Zoological sessions annual reports 1997. Proceed. of Zool.
inst. V. 276. P. 175-178.
Filippov A.A., Orlova M.I., Rusakova O.M., Zhakova L.V., Plotnikov I.S., Smurov A.O., Aladin N.V.
Plankton i bentos zaliva Bol'shoj Sarycheganak (Aral'skoe more). Gidrobiol. zhurn. 1998, No. 4: 15-32.
Smurov A.O., Fokin S.I. 1999. Resistance of various Paramecium species (Ciliophora, Peniculina) to
salinity of environment. Protistology. V. 1, No. 1, P. 53-63.
Smurov A.O., Plotnikov I.S., Fokin S.I. 1999. Using the data of Paramecium mortality for estimation of
their tolerant ranges. Proceed. of Zool. Inst. P. 103-107.
Smurov A.O. On the methods for estimation on salinity tolerance of ciliates. Protistology, 2000, 1 (3),
123-131.
Aladin N.V., A.A. Filippov, I.S. Plotnikov, A.N. Egorov, D.D. Piriulin, A.O. Smurov. 2000. Modern
ecological state of the Small Aral Sea In: Ecological Research and Monitoring of the Aral Sea Deltas.
A basis for restoratio. Book 2. UNESCO Aral Sea Project. 1997-1999 Final Scientific Reports. P. 7381.
Fokin S.I., Smurov A.O. 2001. Salinity tolerance of Paramecium (Ciliophora, Peniculia):
phylogenetical aspect. Proceeding of the Zool. Inst. V. 289. P. 83-88.
Smurov A.O., Fokin S.I. 2001. Use of salinity tolerance data for investigation of systematic of
Paramecium (Ciliophora, Peniculia). Protistology 2 (2), P. 130-138.
SmurovA.O., Plekhanov A.Yu., Ivanova L.O., Goodkov A. V.Change in hsp70 level in freshwater
ciliates and amoebae during adaptation to environmental salinity change Proceed. Zool. Inst. Russ.
Acad. Sci. 2005. V. 308. P. 63-70.
Aladin N.V., Crétaux J.-F., Plotnikov I.S., Kouraev A.V., Smurov A.O., Cazenave A., Egorov A.N.,
Papa F. Modern hydro-biological state of the Small Aral Sea. Environmetrics, 2005. Vol. 16., P. 375392.
Smurov A. O., Podlipaeva Yu. I., Goodkov A. V. Heat shock protein of the HSP70 family in the
euryhaline ciliate Paramecium nephridiatum and its role in adaptation to salinity changes. Cell and
tissue biology. 2007, V. 1, № 3, P. 244-247.
Podlipaeva Yu. I., Smurov A. O., Goodkov A. V. Expression of Heat-Shock Protein 70 kDa in
Tetrahymena pyriformis during Cell Adaptation to Salinity Changes in the Medium. Cell and tissue
biology. 2008, V. 2, № 4, P. 373 - 375.
Komendantov A. Yu., Smurov A.O. Salinity tolerance polygon of Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777).
Russian journal of ecology. 2009. V. 40, № 7, pp. 543-546.
Goodkov A.V., Smurov A.O., Podlipaeva Yu.I. Free-living protists as a model for studying heat shock
proteins in the cell. In: Handbook of molecular chaperones: roles, structures and mechanisms. 2010.
Chapter 8. P. 293-312.