Mariia Pavlovska

Researcher

Description of the field of scientific research:

Mariia is interested in studying the functional roles of microorganisms in marine ecosystems and analyzing the interactions between bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in the context of the Southern Ocean carbon cycle. She also investigates microorganisms' role in transferring antibiotic resistance genes in marine ecosystems.

List of duties:

Mariia is a researcher at the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine. She is on the way to obtaining her PhD in Ecology. 

She studies marine microorganisms in marine ecosystems of polar and temperate latitudes. She is a biodiversity research expert for the UEU-UNDP project “European Union for the Improvement of Environmental Monitoring of the Black Sea” (EU4EMBLAS), which aims to improve the monitoring system.

Professional experience:

From 2013 to 2014, Mariia worked as an engineer at the Institute for Evolutionary Ecology NAS Ukraine. From 2015 to 2016, she was a junior researcher at the Laboratory of Epigenetics D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, and from 2016 to 2018, she was a researcher at the Department of Analysis of Marine Ecosystems and anthropogenic impacts of the Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea.

In 2018, Mariia took up a position as a researcher at the Department of Biology and Ecology at the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine. In the same year, she became a member of the Antarctic expedition. Also, since 2022, Mariia has been a biodiversity research expert for the UNDP EU4EMBLAS project.

In addition, since 2023, Mariia has been a reviewer for the Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

Keywords:

• Ecology

• Biochemistry

• Natural sciences

• Science popularization

• Project management

• Teaching

• Biology

• Science communications

Scientific projects:

• EU/UNDP Project: EU4EMBLAS

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  International project aims to improve environmental monitoring of the Black Sea

  Role: Expert

• Science4kids

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  A popular science lecture series for children and everyone interested in science

  Role: Lecturer

Basic scientific publications:

• Niche partitioning of bacterial communities along the stratified water column in the Black Sea

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  Pavlovska M., Prekrasna Ie., Dykyi E., Zotov A., Dzhulai A., Frolova A., Stoica E.2021., Microbiology Open. 10.1002/mbo3.1195

  Role: Author

• Holistic pelagic biodiversity monitoring of the Black Sea via eDNA metabarcoding approach: From bacteria to marine mammals

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  Zhang Y., Pavlovska M., Yang J., Dykyi E., Prekrasna I., Slobodnik J., Stoica E. 2020. From Bacteria to Marine Mammals: Holistic Pelagic Biodiversity Monitoring of the Black Sea via eDNA Metabarcoding Approach. Environment International. 135

  Role: Author

• Soil Sample Preservation Strategy Affects the Microbial Community Structure

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  Pavlovska M, Prekrasna I, Parnikoza I, Dykyi E. Soil Sample Preservation Strategy Affects the Microbial Community Structure. Microbes Environ. 2021;36(1):ME20134

  Role: Author