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Forkutsa
Oksana
Uzbekistan citizen; born October 13, 1981; single
Endenicher Allee 84, 53121 Bonn, Germany
+49 176 357 446 99
oksana.forkutsa@gmail.com
Analytical and creative PhD student with international and multicultural experience is passionate about
agricultural ecology and conservation technologies. Someone who combines research aptitude with excellent
interpersonal and teamwork skills.
EDUCATION
09/1998 - 06/2002
Tashkent Irrigation Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
04/2004 - 09/2006
B.Sc. with honors in Accounting and Auditing in Water Management.
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
01/2007 - present
MSc. in Agricultural Science, Soil Ecology, Postgraduate Programme “Agricultural
Sciences and Resource Management in Tropics and Subtropics” (ARTS).
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Junior Researcher in Soil and Water Resources Conservation, Center for Development
Research (ZEF), Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Development Research (BiGSDR).
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in Russian (native) and English; Conversational in German and Uzbek.
EXPERIENCE
09/2001 - 08/2003
Resource Exchange International (NGO), Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Position: English Language Teacher.
Description of duties: preparation of teaching material, giving practical English
language classes for adults, teaching conversational English for Beginner’s level, some
administrational and organizational tasks at the center in relation to teaching.
04/2003 - 10/2003
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Position: Internship as an Administrative Financial Assistant
Description of duties: provided assistance to programme officer in preparation of
reports and briefings, in matters relating to procurement, travel arrangements and
logistics; in maintaining financial records and reporting system; assisted with
administrative arrangements for workshops and meetings of the UNAIDS team;
translation of documents English-Russian-English
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08-09/2004
United Nations University, Bonn, Germany.
Position: Internship as an assistant in the finance and administration department.
Description of duties: assistance in preparations of reports, presentations and on
administrative matters, maintained the office hard copy and electronic filing system.
01/2006 - 12/2006
United Nations University, Bonn, Germany.
Position: Research Assistant to Academic Officer on Environmental Degradation &
Ph.D. programs.
Description of duties: provided literature research on social vulnerability and natural
disasters, adaptation and mitigation, sustainable development, disaster risk mitigation;
data processing and statistical analysis on tsunami in Sri-Lanka and other regions;
writing of reports and summaries of the findings; assisting in conduction of workshops
and conferences, taking care of minutes and administrative issues.
05/2012 - 06/2012
International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines.
Position: Internship on greenhouse gas emissions in different climatological zones (arid
vs tropical environment), funded by the International Rice Research Consortium (IRRC)
Description of duties: comparative assessment of green house gases in
differentclimotological zones; modeling of soil processes to come up with a best
scenario solution for conservation agriculture practices in arid environment.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2001
2004
2008
Financial accounting, Certificate of Attendance, United States Agency of International
Development (USAID), Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Personal interpreter (Russian-English) for the “International Conference for the
Renewable Energies”, Bonn, Germany.
Participant in the series of seminars on scientific knowledge implementation “Follow the
Innovations”, Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND AWARDS
Computer knowledge: SPSS 15.0, Stata, DNDC (DeNitrification-DeComposition) model; Cropsyst (Cropping
Systems Simulation) Model, MS Office.
Awards: International Postgraduate Studies in Water Technologies (IPSWaT) scholarship;
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) scholarship;
Human relations: Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork oriented.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Akramkhanov A., R. Kuziev, R. Sommer, C. Martius, O. Forkutsa and L. Massucati. 2012. “Soils and soil
ecology in Khorezm”, In: C. Martius, et al. Cotton, Water, Salts and Soums. Economic and Ecological
Restructuring in Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Springer. pp. 37-58. Available online at:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g2t1877867032l68/?MUD=MP
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Renaud F., U. Shamir and O. Forkutsa. 2006. “Quo vadis aquifers?” Working Paper No.2, UNU-EHS,
Bonn. Available online at: http://www.ehs.unu.edu/file/get/3866
REFERENCES
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PD Dr. Christopher Martius, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn, Germany, tel:
c.martius@uni-bonn.de
PD Dr.Reiner Wassmann, scientist and coordinator, Rice and Climate Change Consortium, IRRI, tel:
R.Wassmann@cgiar.org
Dr. Rene Capote, Global Product Officer Coffee at Fairtrade International, r.capote@fairtrade.net,
Dr.Fabrice Renaud, Head of Section, UNU-EHS, tel: renaud@ehs.unu.edu