Name

EDUCATION

Aug 2009 ­ May 2014 ​PhD in Natural Sciences, Physics and Electrotechnics
department, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Topic: Arctic marine primary production with respect to
changes in sea ice cover
Final Grade: magna cum laude

Mar 2011 ­ May 2011 Scientific stay at Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche, Villefranche, France
Topic: Adaptation of global primary production model
to Arctic region

Sep 2006 – May 2008 ​Three courses in international cooperative program
among universities in the Baltic Sea region 'Baltic
University'​('Baltic Sea Environment', 'Sustainable
Baltic Region', and 'Biological diversity of the Baltic
Sea'), St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg,
Russia

Sep 2004 – Jul 2009 ​Diploma in Oceanography, Institute of
Oceanography, Department of Geography and
Geo­ecology, St. Petersburg State University, St.
Petersburg, Russia
Topic: Dynamic and biotic fronts in the Azores Region
of the Atlantic Ocean
Final Grade: excellent (5/5)

Sep 1994 – Jun 2004 Public School of Petrogradsky District of St.
Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
Result: 77/80

POSITIONS HELD

Feb 2015 ­ present ​Senior Lecturer​, Institute of Earth Sciences, St
Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia

Oct 2014 ­ Jan 2015 Engineer​, Institute of Earth Sciences, St Petersburg
State University, St Petersburg, Russia

Aug 2011 ­ Jun 2014 ​ Research assistant (PhD thesis)​, Institute of
Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
Germany

Jan 2008 ­ Jan 2009 ​Engineer (working student),​Laboratory of regional
oceanography,
St Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Jul 2007 ­ Sep 2007 ​Engineer (working student)​, Laboratory of geology
and geoch

Aug 2011 ­ Oct 2011 ​Ocean Optics group leader​, '​RV Polarstern'
TRANSARC 2011 Expedition, Arctic Ocean
Organization: Alfred­Wegener­Institute

Jun 2010 ­ Aug 2010 ​Biological oceanorgapher​, '​RV Polarstern' ARK25
Expedition, Greenland Sea
Organization: Alfred­Wegener­Institute

Aug 2007 ​ Oceanographer​, RV 'Fyodor Nayanov' PYRN
(Permafrost Young Researchers Network) Expedition,
Enisey River. Organization: VNIIOkeangeologia and
Moscow State University

Jun 2007 ­ Jul 2007 ​Oceanorgapher, ​STS 'Frederyk Chopin' International
Baltic University Students Fellowship Programme
Expedition, Baltic Sea.
Organization: International Baltic University Students
Fellowship Programme

Aug 2006 ­ Sep 2006 Engineer​, RV 'Hydrolog' Expedition, Barents Sea
Organization: VNIIOkeangeologia

Jul 2006 ­ Aug 2006 ​ Assistant​Oceanographer​,
sampling program in the White Sea
Organization: St Petersburg State University

Jan 2015 ­ present Vice­president of St Petersburg State University Earth
Sciences Young Professionals Board

Jan 2012 ­ Aug 2012 Translator​of the documents for obtaining and
permitting research in Russian waters​(from German
to Russian, from English to Russian, and from Russian
to English) for the RV 'Polarstern' ARK 27­3 cruise

Peer­Reviewed

1. Cherkasheva, A., Bracher, A., Melsheimer, C., Koberle, C., Gerdes, R., Nothig,
E.­M., Bauerfeind, E., and Boetius, A. 2014. Influence of the physical
environment on polar phytoplankton blooms: a case study in the Fram Strait.
Journal of Marine Systems, 132, 196­207, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.11.008,
2014
2. Cherkasheva, A., Nöthig, E.­M., Bauerfeind, E., Melsheimer, C., and Bracher, A.
2013. From the chlorophyll a in the surface layer to its vertical profile: a
Greenland Sea relationship for satellite applications. Ocean Science, 9, 431­445,
doi:10.5194/os­9­431­2013, 2013
3. Soltwedel, T., Bauerfeind, E., Bergmann, M., Bracher, A., Budaeva, N., Busch,
K., Cherkasheva, A., et al. (in review). Natural variability or
anthropogenically­induced variation? Insights from 15 years of multidisciplinary
observations at the arctic open­ocean LTER site HAUSGARTEN. Ecological
Indicators
4. Nothig, E.M., Bracher, A., Engel, A., Metfies, K., Niehoff, B., Peeken, I.,
Bauerfeind, E., Cherkasheva, A., et al. (in review). Plankton ecology and
biogeochemistry in a changing Arctic Ocean ­ a case study in the Fram Strait.
Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) Special Issue

Non­Peer­Reviewed

1. Cherkasheva A. 2014. Greenland Sea primary production with respect to changes
in sea ice cover. Staats­ und Universitaets E­book, Bremen University
Dissertations
2. Cherkasheva, A., Bracher, A., and Melsheimer, C., 2010. Arctic marine primary
production in respect to changes in sea ice cover. Proceedings of Oceans From
Space Symposium, Venice (Italy), 26­30 April 2010/by V. Barale, J.F.R. Gower,
L. Alberotanza, eds. JRC SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL REPORTS,
Publication Office of the European Union, EUR 24324 EN. 61­62
3. Koldunov, A.V., and Cherkasheva, A.G., 2009 (in russian). Spatial­temporal
variability of primary production in the Azores region based on satellite data.
Modern problems of Earth remote sensing. Russian Academy of Science, Institute
of space research. Collected works. Issue VI, Part 1, Moskow: OOO
“Azbuka­2000”. 392­399
4. Bashmachnikov, I.L.,…., Foux, V.R., Belonenko, T.V., Koldunov, A.V.,
Cherkasheva, A.G. 2007. Formation of integrate validated satellite and in­situ
oceanographic data base for the Azores region. Final report of the projectLAMAR
(LArgescaleand Mesoscale dynamics of the Azores Region).
LAMARDRCT/FRCTM2.1.2/F/008/2007

AWI Science Award 2014 for the best publication (Cherkasheva et al., 2014) in
Alfred­Wegener­Institute, Germany in 2014 (out of 760 staff members)

1. Scholarship of POLMAR Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine
Research, Alfred­Wegener­Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, Aug 2009 to Aug
2011; ~40k€
2. Outgoing Scholarship of POLMAR Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and
Marine Research, Alfred­Wegener­Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, Mar 2011
to May 2011; ~3000€
3. Impulse Grant of Graduate Center University of Bremen ProUB, Bremen,
Germany, July 2012; 20k€

 
Language skills: Russian​: mother tongue
English:​fluent, TOEFL IBT 109/120 (Dec 2008)
German: ​fluent, level C1, TestDaF 18/20 (Nov 2012)
French:​intermediate, level B2
Computer skills: Programming languages:​Matlab, Octave, Python,
principles of HTML and Pascal
Applications:​Microsoft Office, Generic Mapping
Tools, GNU Image Manipulation Program, Statistica
Operating systems:​Linux, Unix, Windows
Oceanographic and bio­optical measurements:
Irradiance and radiance:​TriOS RAMSES sensors
Variable fluorescence:​FastTracka Fast Repetition
Rate Fluorometer
Absorption by particulates and CDOM​: Point­Source
Integrating­Cavity Absorption Meter
Temperature, conductivity, fluorescence:​CTD Sea
Bird (SBE 19plus, SBE 37)
Temperature:​Hg reversing thermometers.