Sidorchuk, Ekaterina Alekseevna

Sidorchuk

Born in Moscow, in family of geographers. As a child was passionately interested in living things of almost any kind, especially aquatic ones. After common school (finished in 1998) entered Geographical Faculty of Moscow State University.

In 1999 started specialization with Department of Biogeography, in the same year met her first scientific adviser, Prof. D.A. Krivolutsky, and chosen an area of interest: fossil oribatid mites.
2002: Bachelor in Geography (Hon.) with thesis entitled "Fossil Acarofauna from peat deposits of the Lower Vychegda basin: extraction method, palaeoecological and palaeogeographycal interpretation"
2004: M.Sc. (Hon.) in Geography with thesis "Modern Oribatid Faunas of Palaeoantarctic: Geographical Analysis"

2007: PhD in Geography with thesis "Oribatid mites as bio-indicators of environmental change during the Holocene (on the modern and fossil bog communities of Northern European Plain)"

While student, participated in numerous field trips, mainly in European part of Russia: student learning expeditions: Kola Peninsula (Umbozero), Moscow region, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Central Ural, and collecting trips, as chief of team: Polar Ural, Khibin Mts., Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Vologda, and Vyatka regions.

In November, 2008, entered Laboratory of Arthropoda as researche. work focuses on oribatid mite inclusions in fossil resins: making up catalogues of mite inclusions in available repositories, taxonomic redescription of old species, development of preparation techniques, imaging, research on artifacts and properties in amber inclusions.

Grants: Soros Student and Grant of Moscow for students in Environmental Sciences, 2001; Grant of Moscow for students in Educational Science and Technology 2003, 2005; Sepkoski Grant from Paleontological Society International Research Program 2010

Participation in projects (as member of team): RSSI 01-05-64557, 04-04-48343, 08-04-00338; Scientific Schools-2010.2003.5.


Publications relevant to Oribatida:

Sidorchuk, E.A. and Norton, R.A. (2011). The fossil mite family Archaeorchestidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: redescription of Plategeocranus sulcatus and family-group relationships. Zootaxa, 3051, 14-40.
Sidorchuk, E.A., Norton, R.A. (2011). The fossil mite family Archaeorchestidae (Acari, Oribatida) I: redescription of Strieremaeus illibatus and synonymy of Strieremaeus with Archaeorchestes. Zootaxa, 2993, 34-58.
Sidorchuk, E.A., Klimov, P.V. (2011) Redescription of Acarus rhombeus Koch & Berendt, 1854 (Acari: Astigmata: Glaesacarus, Glaesacaridae gen. et fam. nov.) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene): evidence for female-controlled mating. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 9(2), 183-196.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. (2011) A new species of Separatoppia (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae) from Ethiopia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 16, 21-26.
Klimov, P.V., Sidorchuk, E.A. (2011) An enigmatic lineage of mites from Baltic amber shows a unique, possibly female-controlled mating. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 102 (3), 661-668.
Sidorchuk, E.A. and Norton, R.A. (2010) Redescription of the fossil oribatid mite Scutoribates perornatus, with implications for systematics of Unduloribatidae (Acari: Oribatida). Zootaxa, 2666, 45-67.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. (2010) New oribatid mites of the genera Plasmobates and Arcoppia (Acari: Oribatida) from Ethiopia. Genus, 21(4), 673-686.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. (2010) Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Ethiopia. Genus, 21(4), 659-671.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. (2010) A new species of the genus Pergalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) collected in moss on trees from Ethiopia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 3, 244-250.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. Morphology of juvenile stages of Metabelba glabriseta Mahunka, 1982 and Damaeus auritus Koch, 1835 (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae). Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 60(4), 599-616.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. (2010) Two new species of Austrocarabodes (Uluguroides) from Ethiopia (Acari: Oribatida: Carabodidae). Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 60(4), 671-626.
Ermilov S.G., Sidorchuk E.A., Rybalov L.B. (2010) A new species of Dolicheremaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Tetracondylidae) from Ethiopia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 3, 235-243.
Ermilov, S.G., Sidorchuk, E.A. and Rybalov, L.B. (2010) New species of oribatid mites of the superfamily Galumnoidea (Acari: Oribatida) from Ethiopia. Zootaxa, 2646, 43-62.
Ermilov, S.G., Sidorchuk, E.A. and Rybalov, L.B. (2010) Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Ethiopia. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 60(3), 407-417.
Ermilov, S.G., Sidorchuk, E.A. and Rybalov, L.B. (2010) Morphology of Juvenile Stages of Pedrocortesella africana Pletzen, 1963 and Aleurodamaeus africanus Mahunka, 1984 (Acari: Oribatida). Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 60 (3). 391-406.
Ermilov, S.G., Sidorchuk, E.A. and Rybalov, L.B. (2010) Zetorchella nortoni, a new species of oribatid mite from Ethiopia (Acari: Oribatida: Caloppiidae). Acarina, 18 (1), 61-65.
Sidorchuk, E.A., Rasnitsyn, A.P (2009) On the taxonomic position of Palaeonothrus Krivolutskii et Sidorchuk 2003 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea, non Acariformes , Oribatida). Paleontological Journal. Vol. 43. No. 6. pp. 640-642.
Sidorchuk, E.A. (2009) New data on the fauna of Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Polar Urals. Entomological Review. 89 (5), 554-563.
Sidorchuk, E.A. (2008) Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatei) of three Fens in the Northern Part of European Russia. Entomological Review, 88(4), 485-490.
Krivolutskii, D.A., Sidorchuk, E.A. (2005) Pantcyrnye kleschi kak bioindicator paleogeographicheskikh uslovii holocena na evropeiskom Severe Rossii (The Oribatid Mites as Bioindicators of the Holocene Paleogeographical Conditions of the Northern European Russia). Izvestiya Rossiiskoy Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geographicheskaya, 1, 60-67. [In Russian]
Sidorchuk, E.A. (2004) Subfossil Oribatid Mites as the Bioindicators of the deep Environmental Change During the Holocene. Doklady Biological Sciences, 396, 236-239.
Krivolutskii, D.A., Sidorchuk, E.A. (2003) Subfossil Oribatid Mites in the Holocene Deposits of the Arkhangel'sk Oblast'. Doklady Biological Sciences, 392, 428-431.
Sidorchuk, E.A. (2003) Izvlecheniye ostatkov chlenistonogikh iz holocenovykh otlozhenii methodom paraffinovoy flotatcii (Separation of Arthropoda remnants from the Holocene sediments using the technique of paraffin floatation). Vestnik Moskowskogo Universiteta. Series 5. Geography. 3, 41-44. [in Russian with English abstract].
Sidorchuk, E.A. (2002) Pantcyrnye kleschi kak bioindicator paleoecologicheskihk uslovii Holocena (Oribatid mites as bio-indicators of palaeo-ecological conditions during Holocene). Vestnik Moskowskogo Universiteta. Seriya 5. Geographiya, 3, 55-57 [in Russian with English abstract]