A Giant Eocene Whale from Ukraine Uncovers Early Cetacean Adaptations to the Fully Aquatic Life
Svitozar Davydenko, Tetiana Shevchenko, Tamara Ryabokon, Roman Tretiakov, Pavel Gol’din, Evolutionary Biology, 2021
Role: Author
Svitozar Davydenko
Ph.D.
Description of the field of scientific research:
Svitozar researches the skeleton of vertebrates using the methods of comparative morphology, paleohistology, and morphometry.
List of duties:
Svitozar is a junior researcher at the Department of Evolutionary Morphology of the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. They are interested in adapting to the aquatic lifestyle of secondarily aquatic tetrapods, working with museum collections (arrangement, identification, three-dimensional digitization), search for new fossil materials (paleontology).
Professional experience:
Since 2018, Svitozar has been an acting junior researcher at the Department of Evolutionary Morphology at the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
From 2022, he is a junior researcher at the Department of Evolutionary Morphology of the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, as well as a member of the Council of Young Scientists of the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 2023, Svitozar worked as a reviewer for Zoodiversity.