Natalia Vladimirovna Zhukova

Natalia V. Zhukova, Ph.D., Dr.Sc.

Name: Natalia Vladimirovna Zhukova

Born: September 17, Vladivostok, Russia

Education: Far East State University, (Biochemistry), 1978

Degrees:

Dr.Sc. (in Biology), Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok (“Fatty Acids of Marine Organisms: Chemotaxonomic and Trophic Markers”), 2009

Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far East Branch of Academy of Sciences of USSR (“Non-methylene Interrupted Fatty Acids in Marine Mollusks: Chemical Structures, Distribution and Biosynthesis”), 1987

Affiliation: Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry,

A.V Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Professional experience:

Since 2009 to present time Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry, Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok

1992-2009, Senior Researcher

1987-1992, Researcher

1980-1987, Junior Researcher

1978-1980, Probationer Researcher

All of the above positions held at the Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia

Current research interests:

Main field: Marine lipid biochemistry: distribution, structures, biosynthesis, functions and biological activity of the fatty acids

Other fields: fatty acid metabolism disturbance under therapeutic diseases

Current details: fatty acid biomarkers, chemotaxonomy of microorganisms, trophic relationships between marine animals, symbiosis

Publications: 154