Researcher
Born in 1990 in town Protvino, Moscow region. Graduated from the Biological faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2013 (Specialist grade, Zoology). In 2013-2016 – PhD student at Invertebrate Zoology Department, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Carrier:
3 February 2016 - 30 September 2016 – Technician, Invertebrate Zoology Department.
30 September 2016 – present – Junior Researcher, Invertebrate Zoology Department.
Research interests:
Molecular systematics and phylogenetics of different invertebrate taxa. Systematics, morphology and phylogeny of nudibranch molluscs (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Features of postlarval ontogenesis in nudibranch molluscs. Cnidosacs and related structures: morphology, functioning, dynamics of NCs obtaining.
Teaching: Invertebrate zoology, practical course. Faculty of Biotechnology, Lomonosov Moscow State University – 66 hours.
Summer practice in molecular methods in zoology. N.A. Pertsov White Sea Biological Station, Lomonosov Moscow State University – 50 hours
Publications:
Main publications (pdf for your personal use only)
- Ekimova I. Korshunova T., Schepetov D., Neretina T., Sanamyan N., Martynov A. 2015. Integrative systematics of northern and Arctic nudibranchs of the genus Dendronotus (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with descriptions of three new species // Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 173. No. 4. P. 841-886.
- Ekimova I., Valdes A., Schepetov D., Chichvarkhin A. 2016. Was Gordon Robilliard right? Integrative systematics suggests that Dendronotus diversicolor Robilliard, 1970 is a valid species // Canadian Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2016-0096
- Ekimova I.A., Malakhov V.V. 2016. Progenesis in the evolution of the Nudibranch mollusks genus Dendronotus (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) // Doklady Biological Sciences. V. 467. P. 86-88. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496616020113
- Ekimova I.A., Schepetov D.M., Chichvarkhina O.V., Chichvarkhin A.Yu. 2016. Nudibranch molluscs of the genus Dendronotus Alder et Hancock, 1845 (Heterobranchia: Dendronotina) from Northwestern Sea of Japan with description of a new species // Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.13. No. 1. P.15–42. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.13.1.02
- Cámara S., Carmona L., Cella K., Ekimova I., Martynov A., Cervera J.L. 2014. Tergipes tergipes (Förskal. 1775) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is an amphiatlantic species // Journal of Molluscan Studies. Vol.80. No.5. P.642–646.
- Chichvarkhin A. Y., Chichvarkhina O. V., Ekimova I. A., Chalenko K. 2016. First record of nudibranch mollusk Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Sea of Japan and its ephemeral population associated with unusual prey // Marine Biodiversity. P. 1-8. DOI:10.1007/s12526-016-0577-z
- Chichvarkhin A., Ekimova I., Chalenko K., Schepetov D., Chichvarkhina O., Valdes A. 2016. Placida babai (Mollusca, Sacoglossa) from Russian waters of the Sea of Japan // The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society. Vol. 20. No. 1. P. 44–56.
