Oleksiy Yanchukov

Position: post-doc
Research topics: population genetics
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 59 0 6
E-mail: yawa33gmail.com

Research interest

  • population genetics,
  • hybrid zones,
  • migration-selection models,
  • evolution by gene duplications,
  • herpetology.

    Education

  • 1994–1999: Ivan Franko National University of L’viv, Ukraine - Specialist in Biology.
  • 1999–2003: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - Candidate of Sciences Biology (PhD equivalent).

    Employment

  • 2003-2006: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – junior research scientist.
  • 2004: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK – visiting fellowship from NATO/Royal Society of London.
  • 2006–2009: Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand – postdoctoral researcher.
  • 2009–2013: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara - associate specialist II.
  • 2014–present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Department of Population Biology Studenec – postdoctoral researcher.

    Invited talks

    School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, 12/2012.

    Reviewer

  • PLOS One.