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Dr. Kseniya O. Efremova

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Research assistant, Medicobiologic faculty,
dep. of General Biology,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia 117997.

.E-mail: x.efremova@gmail.com

Tel.: +7-985-171-01-99, +7-495-590-09-27

          

Efremova


Date and place of birth: February 14, 1987, Moscow region, Russia.

Scientific speciality: zoology of vertebrate animals.


Education:

2005-2010 – full-time student, dep. of Vertebrate Animals, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). Diploma thesis: Occurrence and structural changes in the calls of Goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) calves during maturing.

2010-2013 – PhD-student, Laboratory of Vertebrate Behavior, dep. of Vertebrate Animals, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia).

2015 – PhD: Development of call structure and vocal apparatus during ontogeny in Goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa).

Supervisors: Dr. Ilya Volodin, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: volodinsvoc@gmail.com

Dr. Roland Frey, Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. E-mail: FREY@izw-berlin.de

Current position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric faculty, department of Biology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Ostrovitianov str., 1, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: rsmu@rsmu.ru. Phone/fax: +7(495)434-0329, +7(495)434-6129

Scientific interests: animal behavior; bioacoustics; morphology of vocal apparatus; mammalian vocal behavior.

Languages: Russian native, English advanced, Spanish basic, German basic.

Project-related Experience:

May – August 2008; October – November 2010; November 2011 – data collection on Goitred gazelle in Ecocenter “Djeiran” (Bukhara region, Uzbekistan).

June 2011 – data collection on Red dear at Univ. Castilla-La Mancha (Spain, Albacete).

March 2011, February-March 2014, November-December 2015 – probation in Laboratory of Reproduction Biology, Department of Reproduction Management, IZW (Germany, Berlin).

Research projects:

 

Scientific publications:

 

Key publications:

  1. Volodin I.A., Sibiryakova O.V., Frey R., Efremova K.O., Soldatova N.V., Zuther S., Kisebaev T.B., Salemgareev A.R., Volodina E.V. Individuality of distress and discomfort calls in neonates with bass voices: wild- living goitred gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) and saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) // Ethology, 2017, v. 123, N 5, p. 386–396. 234.pdf
  2. Volodin I.A., Efremova K.O., Frey R., Soldatova N.V., Volodina E.V. Vocal changes accompanying the descent of the larynx duringontogeny from neonates to adults in male and female goitred gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) // Zoology, 2017, V. 120, N 1. p. 31-41. 231.pdf
  3. Efremova K., Frey R., Volodin I., Volodina E. (2016). The postnatal ontogeny of the sexually dimorphic vocal apparatus in goitred gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa). Journal of Morphology v. 277, p. 826-844.226.pdf
  4. Efremova K.O. Changes of acoustics and vocal apparatus in ontogeny of the goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) // PhD thesis Abstract, Moscow, 2015, 24 p. (available in Russian). pdf
  5. Volodin I.A., Volodina E.V., Lapshina E.N., Efremova K.O., Soldatova N.V. Vocal group signatures in the goitred gazelle Gazella subgutturosa // Animal Cognition, 2014, v. 17, ¹ 2, p.349-357. 198.pdf
  6. Lapshina E.N., Volodin I.A., Volodina E.V., Frey R., Efremova K.O., Soldatova N.V. The ontogeny of acoustic individuality in the nasal calls of captive goitred gazelles, Gazella subgutturosa // Behavioural Processes, 2012, v. 90, N 3, p. 323-330. 189.pdf
  7. Efremova K.O., Volodin I.A., Volodina E.V., Frey R., Lapshina E.N., Soldatova N.V. Developmental changes of nasal and oral calls in the goitred gazelle Gazella subgutturosa, a nonhuman mammal with a sexually dimorphic and descended larynx // Naturwissenschaften, 2011, v. 98, N 11, p. 919-931. 185.pdf

  8. Efremova K., Volodin I., Volodina E., Frey R., Soldatova N., Lapshina E., Makarov I., Gorbunov K., 2010. Sex and age effect on nasal call structure characteristics and body size in Goitered gazelle calves, Gazella subgutturosa (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) // Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 2011, v. 90, N 5, p. 603-615. 183.pdf (available in Russian).

  9. Volodin I.A., Volodina E.V., Efremova K.O. Antelope, calling through the nose: structure of sounds and effect of sexual selection on the vocal behavior of the saiga (Saiga tatarica) // Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, v. 88, N 1, p. 113-124 (available in Russian). 164.pdf

Other publications:

  1. Volodin I.A., Makarov I.S., Efremova K.O., Volodina E.V., Soldatova N.V. Application of software for automatic analysis of human speech to measuring the fundamental frequency in calls of a nonhuman mammal // Scientific researches in Zoos, 2012, Iss. 28, p. 94-102. [in Russian]192.pdf
  2. Efremova K., Volodin I., Volodina E., Gorbunov K.S. (2011): Effect of Sex and Age on Structural Features of Nasal Calls and Body Size in Fawns of the Goitered Gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa (Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Biology Bulletin v. 38, ¹ 7.
  3. Soldatova, N.V., Juldashev, E.T., Volodin, I.A., Volodina, E.V., Efremova, K.O. (2010): Keeping, raising and body mass dynamic of Goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) calves in captivity. Scientific Research in Zoological Parks. Moscow zoo. 2010, v.26, p.64-71 [in Russian].

Abstracts of scientific conferences:

13. Lapshina, E.N., Volodin, I.A., Volodina, E.V., Efremova, K.O., Frey, R., Soldatova, N.V. (2012): Sings of individuality and sex in nasal and oral calls of juvenile and adolescent Goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) // V All-Russian conference of animal behavior, Russia, Moscow, November 2012, p. 111.

14. Efremova, K.O., Frey, R., Volodin, I.A., Volodina, E.V., Soldatova, N.V. (2011): Vocal behaviour of rutting male goitred gazelles (Gazellasubgutturosa) reveals mate quality // The XXIII Meeting of the International Bioacoustics Council, La Rochelle, IBAC, September 2011, p. 102.

15. Volodin, I.A., Volodina, E.V., Efremova, K.O., Lapshina, E.N., Frey, R., Soldatova, N.V. (2011): Signs of male quality in vocal behavior of Goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa). Proceedings of the International Meetings Theriofauna of Russia and adjacent territories, Moscow, Russia, February 2011, p. 101.

16. Efremova, K.O., Lapshina, E.N., Volodin, I.A., Soldatova, N.V. (2010): Call structure variety and changing of call types occurrence with ages // Actual problems of ecology and evolution in researches of young scientists, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, 2010, p. 108-113.

17. Efremova, K., Volodin, I., Volodina, E., Frey, R., Makarov, I., Gorbunov, K., Lapshina, E., Soldatova, N. (2009): Body size and vocalization characteristics in Goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) calves during ontogenesis // Abstract of Scientific Conference on Behavior and Behavioral Ecology of Mammals. Chernogolovka, 2009. p. 54.

18. Efremova, K., Frey, R., Volodin, I., Volodina, E., Makarov, I., Soldatova, N. (2009): The vocal development of the goitred gazelle Gazella subgutturosa, a species with permanently descendent larynx // The 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife. Berlin, September 2009. p. 66.

19. Volodina, E., Volodin, I., Frey, R., Efremova, K., Makarov, I., Gorbunov, K., Soldatova, N. (2009): The goitred gazelle: sex-specific vocal development and permanently descended and mobile larynx in ungulate species // The XXII International Bioacoustics Council Conference, Lisbon, IBAC, 2009, p. 77.

20. Efremova, K.O. (2009): The influence of the coming-of-age on the vocalization in goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) // Abstract of XV International Conference of Students, PhD Students and Young Scientists “Lomonosov - 2009”, Biology section, Moscow, April 2009, p. 113.

21. Efremova, K.O., Volodin, I.A., Volodina, E.V. The sexual selection effect on the producing through the nose vocalization structure in saiga (Saiga tatarica)// Abstract of XV International Conference of Students, PhD Students and Young Scientists “Lomonosov - 2008”, Biology section, Moscow, April 2008, p. 113.

Meetings and activities:
  • 2008 April – XV International Conference of Students, PhD Students and Young Scientists “Lomonosov - 2008”, Moscow, Russia (talk).

  • 2009 April – XV International Conference of Students, PhD Students and Young Scientists “Lomonosov - 2009”, Moscow, Russia (talk).

  • 2009 September - 7th International Conference on Behavior, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin, Germany (talk).

  • 2009 November – II Scientific Conference on Behavior and Behavioral Ecology of Mammals (the Russian Academy of Science), Chernogolovka, Russia (talk).

  • 2010 April – The Conference of Young Collaborators and Postgraduates of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (the Russian Academy of Science) “Actual Problems of Ecology and Evolution”, Moscow, Russia (poster).

  • 2011: International Conference “Theriofauna of Russia and adjacent areas” (Moscow, Russia) C56.pdf, C57.pdf.

  • 2011: XXIII Meeting of the International Bioacoustics Council (La Rochelle, France) C58.pdf

  • 2012: V Russian Conference on Animal Behaviour (Moscow, Russia).

 

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