Alexey S. SHMAKOV
Birth date: November 26, 1982
Educational background:
1996-1999 ― Chemico-Biological School № 175, Moscow.
2000-now ― undergraduate student at the Chair of Entomology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University.
Scientific interests:
Taxonomy and evolution of the order Thysanoptera (Insecta).
Awards:
1998 ― Diploma of the International George Soros Science Education Program.
1998 ― Secondary Diploma of the Annual All-Russian Olympiad of Geology, Geological Faculty, Moscow State University.
1999 ― Diploma of All-Russian Ecological Festival, Ministry of Education of Russia.
Expeditions:
Aug. 2001 ― Expedition of the Paleontological Institute to the Upper Permian-Lower Triassic continental deposits of the Novosibirsk Region, Russia.
Aug. 2002 ― Expedition of the Paleontological Institute to the Upper Jurassic continental deposits of the Chita Region, Russia.
Publications:
Shmakov A.S. 2008. The Jurassic thrips Liassothrips crassipes (Martynov, 1927) and its taxonomic position in the order Thysanoptera (Insecta). Paleontological Journal 42 (1): 47-52. [Abstract] [English PDF] [Russian PDF]
Shmakov A. A new thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) from the Upper Triassic deposits of Eastern Kazakhstan // Bull. Moscow Soc. Nature Explorers. in press
