Born 11.04.1952 in Novozybkov-city of the Brjansk region.
Graduated from Leningrad State University, Dept. Ichthyology and Hydrobiology with Diploma in Science.
Thesis: Peculiarities of the structure and evolution of the visceral skeleton of fishes of the genus Notothenia Rich.
1985 - Candidate of Science (= Ph.D.) at the Zoological Institute, Leningrad. Dissertation: Morphology and general trends of evolution of the visceral skeleton of the nototheniids (Nototheniidae, Perciformes).
Positions:
1975-1980- postgraduate student Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
1980-1986 - technical assistment Zoological Institute St. Petersburg
1986-1998 - scientific worker, Zoological Institute St. Petersburg
1998- present - senior scientific worker, Zoological Institute St. Petersburg
Membership:
Society of French Ichthyologists
Research Interests:: Morphology, systematics, phylogeny, ontogeny and origin of fishes of the Blennioidei s.l. (Perciformes).
Publications: 56 scientific works.
Voskoboinikova O.S. 1993. Evolution of the visceral skeleton and phylogeny of the Nototheniidae/ J. Ichthyology. Vol. 33. N 7. P. 23-47.
Balushkin A.V. & O.S. Voskoboinikova. 1995. Classification and phylogeny of the antarctic dragonfish of the family Bathydraconidae (Notothenioidei, Perciformes). Vopr. Ikthiol., 35(2): 147-155 (in Russian).
Voskoboinikova O.S. 1997. Osteological development of the channichthyids/ Cybium. Vol. 21. N 4. P. 369-379.
Voskoboinikova O.S., Kellermann A. 1997. The osteological development of the nototheniids (Notothenioidei, Perciformes). Cybium. 21(3). P. 231-264.
Voskoboinikova O.S. 2000. Comparative osteology of Dacodraco hunteri and its position in the classification of the channichthyids (Notothenioidei)/ Zool. J. Vol. 79. N 3. P. 321-332 (in Russian).
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