Irina Trukhanova

EDUCATION & DEGREES OBTAINED (WHEN APPLICABLE)

2009 - 2013: PhD in Ecology

St Petersburg State University, Russia, Biological and soil science faculty, Department of vertebrate zoology.

Dissertation: “The Ladoga ringed seal (Pusa hispida ladogensis) population status under long-term and seasonal changes in ecological factors”

2004 - 2009: Specialist (full-time, equivalent to MSc)

St Petersburg State University, Russia, Biological and soil science faculty. Diploma with distinctions. Major in Ecology, biodiversity and nature conservation. Thesis: “Some aspects of anthropogenic impact on European true seal populations”

June - July 2014: Greek summer school in conservation biology: biodiversity theory and practice.

University of Ioannina, School of Science and Technology, Greece and Society for Conservation Biology

July - August 2013: Marine conservation and policy. Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment USA.
April 2012: Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Ecological Data. University of Helsinki and St Petersburg State

University, Russia

May 2011: Biotelemetry Methods University of Tromsø, University Centre of Svalbard, Norway

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 - present: Research Associate at Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington,

Seattle, WA & Research Affiliate at Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA

May 2015: Marine Mammal Observer for Future Growth Project: Cargo Transportation Route, Aktau, Kazakhstan
2009 - 2015: Seal specialist with Caspian International Seal Survey (Project supervised by the University of Leeds,

UK) & Project coordinator at SPbCPO “Biologists for Nature Conservation” (Baltic Fund for Nature), Russia

2011 - 2012: Project assistant at Fisheries and Fleet Research Institute, Department of water biological resource

monitoring, part-time, Russia

2008 - 2009: Volunteer at SPbPO “Ecology and Business”, Russia
August 2008, August 2010: Student intern at Tara Seal Research, UK

AFFILIATION WITH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Since 2014: Member of Marine Mammal Council, Russia
Since 2011: Member of APECS
Since 2011: Member of Society for Marine Mammology, USA
Since 2010: Member of Seal Conservation Society, UK
Since 2009: Collaboration with Marine mammal rehabilitation centre of the Leningrad region, Russia

SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS

Future of Ice Initiative (University of Washington) postdoctoral fellowship, 2015
Swedish Institute seed funding (via AquaBiota Water Research, Sweden) “Russian static acoustic monitoring of Baltic

harbour porpoise (RUMBAH)”, 2013

Oak Foundation Global Fellow Mini-Grant in Marine Conservation, 2014
Oak Foundation and Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University Marine Lab) Global Fellowship in Marine

Conservation, 2013

Marine Mammal Commission Grant Award “Assessment of ringed seal bycatch in commercial fisheries and its impact

on seal populations in Lake Ladoga, Northwest Russia”, 2011

UNEP/ASCOBANS Grant Award "Inventories of harbour porpoise Phocaena phocaena phocaena presence in

Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea", 2011

IFAW award for best student poster at Marine Mammals of the Holarctic V, October 2008

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

Wilderness First Aid Training, March 2017 (valid through March 2019)
Records Management Training, December 2016
General Asbestos Awareness, October 2016
Basic Offshore Safety Induction And Emergency Training (BOSIET), May 2015 (valid through May 2019)
Industrial Safety and Law "On civil protection" (Rep. of Kazakstan), May 2015 (valid through May 2018)
Health and Safety, May 2015
H2S training, February 2012 (exp.)
Driver's license, June 2010
Basic Offshore Safety Induction And Emergency Training (BOSIET), February 2009 (exp.)
H2S training, February 2009 (exp.)

SCIENTIFIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Marine mammal population surveys, aerial and boat surveys, satellite telemetry, marine mammal observer work on industrial vessels, seal observer trainings, seal rehabilitation and handling, quantitative data analysis (statistical inference, line transect data analysis, habitat modeling, multivariate analysis, biodiversity assessment), preparation of project reports and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, presentations; social work (questionnaire surveys, eco-education and information dissemination, work with target groups, interpretation during scientific meetings), lecturing at thematic workshops and meetings. Experienced computer user (MS Office package, R, GIS, Distance, Internet etc.)

LANGUAGES

Russian (Native)
English (Advanced)
French (Pre-intermediate)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Marine mammals in changing Arctic: what difference does it make to them? Guest lecture for “Arctic environmental

change” course at the University of Seattle, USA, February 2016.

Methods in marine mammal research. Invited lecture for “Methods in vertebrate research” course at Saint Petersburg

State University, Russia, April 2015

Marine conservation in Russia. Guest lecture for first and second year high school students of Municipal school in

Caravelas, Brazil, October 2014

Marine conservation: сase studies from North-West Russia. Guest lecture at Vitrina University, Albania, July 2014
Mitigation of vessel impact. Caspian International Seal Survey-NCPOC Icebreaker Seal Observer Training Workshop,

Kazakstan, December 2014

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES WITH ORAL (O) OR POSTER (P) PRESENTATION

Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, USA, January 2017 (O)
Marine mammals of the Holarctic IX, Astrakhan, Russia, November 2016 (2xO & workshop)
The 20th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Seattle, USA, May 2016 (O)
Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, USA, January 2016 (P)
21st Biennial conference on marine mammal biology, San Francisco, USA, December 2015 (O/workshop)
Marine mammals of the Holarctic VIII, St Petersburg, Russia, September 2014 (O, P)
20th Biennial conference on marine mammal biology, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2013 (P, O/workshop)
Interdisciplinary approaches in the study of marine mammals (European Cetacean Society), Setubal, Portugal, April 2013 (O)
The conference of the European Cetacean Society, Galway, Ireland, March 2012 (P)
Marine mammals of the Holarctic VII, Suzdal, Russia, September 2012 (O)
19th Biennial conference on marine mammal biology, Tampa, USA, November 2011 (O/workshop, P)
39th European Association for Aquatic Mammals Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, March 2011 (P)
Marine mammals of the Holarctic VI, Kaliningrad, Russia, October 2010 (O)
Marine Mammal Populations - Challenges for Conservation in the next Decade (European Cetacean Society), Stralsund, Germany, March 2010 (P)
38th European Association for Aquatic Mammals Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2010 (P)
Ladoga ringed seal: yesterday, today, tomorrow, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, March 2009 (O)
International conference on seal rehabilitation, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, September 2008 (O)
Marine mammals of the Holarctic V, Odessa, Ukraine, October 2008 (P)

WORKSHOP CO-ORGANIZING

San Francisco workshop on icebreaker impact on ice-breeding pinnipeds, San Francisco, December 2015
Marine conservation without borders: facilitating establishment of Marine Conservation expertise exchange program, Caravelas, Brazil, October 2014
Marine mammals of Eastern Baltic Sea, St Petersburg, Russia, September 2014
The rehabilitation of orphan pinniped pups: input from species biology, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2013
Causes of harbour seal pup stranding, Suzdal, Russia, October 2012

SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION

2016 - 2017: Pacific Science Center, Seattle - participant in annual Polar Science Weekend (running the interactive activity for children on studying arctic marine mammals)
2017: Seattle Aquarium – participant in Marine Mammal Mania (running hands-on activities and demonstrations devoted to marine mammals)