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UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesInstitute for Plant Sciences - AG Becker

Dr. Ekaterina Pushkareva

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University of Cologne

Cologne Biocentrum

Zülpicher Straße 47b

50674 Cologne

Germany

Room: 4-001

Phone: +49 (0) 221 - 470 - 7023

E-mail: ekaterina.pushkarevauni-koeln.de

Research interests

community compositon of polar biocrusts and their potantial functions
adaptation mechanisms of eukaryotic algae to the extreme environments
metagenomics and metatranscriptomics.

Current projects

Functional metatranscriptomics of Antarctic biological soil crust algae: Identification of key genes for the survival under the extreme conditions of Antarctica.

Work experience

2021 - p.t.	Postdoctoral researcher	University of Cologne, Germany
2018 - 2020	Postdoctoral researcher	University of Rostock, Germany
2016 - 2018	Technician	University of Zurich, Switzerland
2015 - 2015	Technician	University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
2011 - 2012	Technician	Siberian Federal University, Russia

Education

2012 - 2017	Ph.D. thesis	Centre for Polar Ecology, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
2005 - 2010	BSc + MSc	Siberian Federal University, Russia

Publications

2021	Pushkareva E, Sommer V, Barrantes I, Karsten U (2021) Diversity of microorganisms in biocrusts surrounding highly saline potash tailing piles in Germany. Microorganisms 9: 714. Pushkareva E, Baumann K, Van AT, Mikhailyuk T, Baum C, Hrynkiewicz K, Demchenko E, Thiem D, Köpcke T, Karsten U, Leinweber P (2021) Diversity of microbial phototrophs and heterotrophs in Icelandic biocrusts and their role in phosphorus-rich Andosols. Geoderma: 386.
2020	Pushkareva E, Eckhardt K-U, Hotter V, Frossard A, Leinweber P, Frey B, Karsten U (2020) Chemical composition of soil organic matter and potential enzyme activity in the topsoil along a moisture gradient in the High Arctic (Svalbard). Geoderma: 368.
2019	Pushkareva E, Wilmotte A, Laska K, Elster J (2019) Comparison of microphototrophic communities living in different soil environments in the High Arctic. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4: 393. Pessi IS, Pushkareva E, Lara Y, Borderie F, Wilmotte A, Elster J (2019) Marked Succession of Cyanobacterial Communities Following Glacier Retreat in the High Arctic. Journal of Microbial Ecology 77: 136.
2018	Pushkareva E, Pessi IS, Namsaraev Z, Mano M-J, Elster J, Wilmotte A (2018) Cyanobacteria inhabiting soil crusts of a polar desert: Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica. Journal of Systematic and Applied Microbiology 41(4): 363-373.
2017	Pushkareva E, Kviderova J, Simek M, Elster J (2017) Nitrogen fixation and diurnal changes of photosynthetic activity in Arctic soil crusts at different development stage. European Journal of Soil Biology 79: 21-30.
2016	Pushkareva E, Johansen JR, Elster J (2016) A review of the ecology, ecophysiology and biodiversity of microalgae in Arctic soil crusts. Polar Biology 39: 2227–2240.
2015	Pushkareva E, Pessi IS, Wilmotte A, Elster J (2015). Cyanobacterial community composition in Arctic soil crusts at different stages of development. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91: fiv143.
2013	Pushkareva E, Elster J (2013) Biodiversity and ecological typification of cryptogamic soil crust in the vicinity of Petunia Bay, Svalbard. Czech Polar Reports 3 (1): 7-18.