Education	><
Ph.D. (2003). Department of Geography, McGill University, Canada. Thesis title "Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and environmental factors controlling their distribution in New England estuaries." Equivalent of B.Sc. & M.Sc. (1990). Department of Geology (specializing in Paleontology and Stratigraphy), Novosibirsk State University, Russia. Thesis title: "Palynological analysis of Upper Pliensbachian and Toarcian (Jurassic) sediments of the Anabar region of North Siberia, Russia." Honours with distinction.

The Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) Fellow. (2015-2016). Subject: Earth: marine and climate research. Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) Institute for Advanced Study and MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany.


The all-comers poster award. (2013). The 49th AASP annual meeting; Meeting jointly with Dino10, CAP, CIMP, and NAMS. San Francisco, USA. Bringué, M., Pospelova, V. (presenter) and Field,


FCAR* Postdoctoral Fellowship (2003-2005).


NSERC** Postgraduate Award PGS-B (2001-2003).


FCAR* Doctoral Fellowship (2001-2002 declined in favor of NSERC).


NSERC** Postgraduate Award PGS-A (1999-2001).


Centre for Climate and Global Change Research, McGill University, Graduate Fellowship (1999).


Geological Society of America Research Grant (1998 - 1999).


Awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Novosibirsk State University, Russia (1987-1990).


The Best Student Research Award, presented at Russian JIGGMR Conference, Russia (1988).


*FCAR - Le Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’aide à la Recherche of Quebec or Le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies


**NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada





COVERAGE OF MY RESEARCH


2012. VENUS. A new species named after Saanich Inlet. September 12th, 2012. http://venus.uvic.ca/newsroom/image-of-the-week/ http://venus.uvic.ca/research/research-highlights/


2012. PICES, the North Pacific Marine Science Organization. 2012 GEOHAB Open Science Meeting. http://www.pices.int/publications/pices_press/volume20/v20_n2/GEOHAB-2012.pdf


2011. VENUS. Using a Sediment Trap for Continuous Monitoring of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Saanich Inlet. http://venus.uvic.ca/wp-content/uploads/Fall-2011-Newsletter.pdf


2011. VENUS. Phytoplankton research using VENUS. October 31st, 2011. http://venus.uvic.ca/tag/phytoplankton/


2010. VENUS. The coastal network of the Ocean Networks Canada Observatory. Seasonal variation of phytoplankton production in Saanich inlet: A Sediment Trap Study. http://www.venus.uvic.ca/wp-content/uploads/VENUS-Newsletter-Summer-2010.pdf


2007. Published interview. Little creatures, big blooms. Released by NSERC. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070215181401.htm http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/oceanography/little-creatures-big-blooms-page-2-1_11778.html


2006. Published interview. Tiny fossils record big climate changes by Chris Emery. Dispatches. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Vol. 4/5, p. 230. Ecological Society of America.


2006. Published interview. Documenting past climate with dinoflagellate microfossil abundances from oceanic cores. EOS transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87/22. http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/jh060410.html#2




OTHER ACTIVITIES


2016 – 01.2018: President, Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP).


2017 – 2019: Guest editor for Marine Micropaleontology.


2014 – 2016: President-elect, Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP).


2006 – present: Director-at-Large, British Columbia Paleontological Alliance (BCPA).