Anna V. Kopanina

Supervisor of Plant Ecology and Geoecology Research Team

Education

M.S. – Biology and Chemistry, Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,Sakhalin Region, 1995-2000. Thesis: “Ontomorphogenesis of Vaccinium ovalifolium Smith. from Sakhalin Island”, 2000. Рost-graduate study –“Botany”, Institute of Biology and Soil Science Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 2000-2003. Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Candidate of Sciences, Russian), Institute of Biology and Soil Science Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 2005. Thesis: “Vaccinium ovalifolium from Sakhalin Island: biology, ecology and practical importance”, 2005.

Research Interests

Influences of climate, endogenous and anthropogenic factors on the stem structure. The stem (bark and wood) structural responses in woody plants to activity of volcanoesof Sakhalin and Kuril Islands. Theoretical and field studies of plant ecology.

Selected publications

1. Kopanina A.V. Seasonal growth of Vaccinium ovalifolium (Ericaceae) from Southern Sakhalin Island // Plant resources, 2005. Vol. 41. N 1. P. 40-47.
2.  Poberezhnaya T.M., Kopanina A.V. On causes of gigantism in herbaceous plants // Russian Journal of Ecology, 2009. Vol. 40, No 4, P. 241-246.
3. Poberezhnaya T.M., Kopanina A.V. The biogeochemistry and anatomy of plants in areas of recent volcanism // Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 2011. Vol. 4, N. 2. P. 212-217.
4. Yeremin V.M., Kopanina A.V. The stem anatomy structure of Sakhalin species of the Vitaceae Juss. // Plant resources. 2012. Vol. 48, N. 4. С. 483-492. P. 483-492.
5. Kopanina A.V., Yeremin V.M. Anatomy bark of some species Ericaceae Juss. from Sakhalin and Kuril Islands // Botanical journal. 2012. Vol.97, N 8.P.1061-1079.
6. Yeremin V.M., Kopanina A.V., VlasovaI.I. Anatomy structure of bark of Sakhalin species of genus Juniperus (L.) (Cupressaceae) // Botanical journal. 2012. Vol. 97, N 5. P. 626-636.
7. Yeremin V.M., Kopanina A.V. Atlas of the bark anatomy of trees, shrubs and lianas of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Brest: «Poligrafika», 2012. 896 p. ISBN 978-985-6970-42-2.

Selected conference presentations

1. Kopanina A.V. Bark anatomy of annual stem of Vaccinium hirtum (Ericaceae Juss.) // The I (IX) International Conferenceof youngbotanist (May 21 -26,2006). St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006. P. 160.
2. Kopanina A.V. Bark anatomy ofVaccinium ovalifolium (Ericaceae Juss.) //Proceedings of IV Conference «Plants in Monsoon Climate», October 10–13, 2007. Vladivostok, Russia, P. 223-226.
3. Yeremin V.M., Kopanina A.V. The stem anatomy structure of the Hydrangea paniculata in the environment of hydroterms and sulfatars of the Mendeleev volcano (Kunashir Island) // International Scientific Russian-Japanese Symposium “Strong earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions”, October 6-11, 2007.Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Russia, 2007. P. 46-49.
4. Kopanina A., Ivelskaya T. Influence of the Kuril Islands tsunami of 15 November 2005 on plants: Results of field survey // The VI International Workshop. New Insights in Tsunami Research, Preparedness, Warning and Mitigation. Abstracts. Guayaquil, Equador. 14 September 2007.
5. Ivelskaya T., Kopanina A., Levin B., Sasorova E. Manifestations of the 15.11.2006 Kuril Tsunami Consequences on the Central Kuril Islands: the Reconstruction Events of the Destruction of Soil and Coastal Vegetation // AGU Fall Meeting. San-Francisco, USA, 10-14 December 2007.
6. Kopanina A.V., Yeremin V.M. Bark anatomy of some shrubs and dwarf shrubs growing in the condition of hydrotermal activity volcanoes of Kunashir Island (Southern Kuril Ilands)// International Conference “Structural and function deviations from normal growth and development of plants under the influence of environmental factors”, June 20-24 2011, Petrozavodsk, Russia. P. 127-131.

Grants and awards

1. 2007-2009 – Russian Foundation For Basic Research, N 07-04-00881,“The stem structural responses of woody plants in connection with sulfatar activity of volcanoes Kuril Islands”.
2. 2007-2009 – Russian Foundation For Basic Research – Far East –Sakhalin, 06-05-96052 “Impact of landscape and geochemical contexts onthe grass gigantism phenomena”.
3. 2007 – Russian Foundation For Basic Research, 07-05-10070, “Expedition to Kurile islands for comprehensive studies of consequences of earthquake and tsunami (November 15 2006), active volcanoes and recent movements of the Earth crust”.
4. 2007 г. – Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), 07-III-Д-06-060, “Ecological and anatomical adaptations of woody vegetation to the hydrothermal and fumarole activity of volcanoes on Kurile islands“.
5. 2008 – Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), 07-III-Д-06-067, “Adaptations of woody plants to hydrothermal and sulfatar activity of volcanoes on Kurile islands”

Teaching Experience

Department of Biological Sciences, Sakhalin State University, Sakhalin Region, 2000-2006.

Field practice “Botany: morphology and anatomy”,2000-2006.

Annual lectures and laboratory sections “Botany: morphology and anatomy”, “Ecology”, 2004-2006.

 Professional Memberships

Russian Botanical Society (RBS)