Chief Researcher
DSc (Biological Sciences)

Laboratory of Plankton Communities Structure and Dynamics
Marine Ecology

36, Nakhimovskii prospect, Moscow, 117997
+7(499)129-23-27, internal phone 0508

ResearchGate: Tamara A. Shiganova
ResearcherID Web of Science: J-7430-2018
ScopusID: 36942391100
AuthorID: 70575

Specialization: gelatinous plankton, invasive species, fish reproduction and migrations, fishery and fish stocks, biodiversity; trophic web, functioning of the pelagic ecosystems of the inland seas of Eurasia

Current research interests: aquatic invaders, their role in ecosystems. Genetic analyses of target invaders. Analyses of pathways and vectors of distribution, risk assessment, Impact of gelatinous invaders on the ecosystems including the fish stocks and fishery of the Seas of Mediterranean basin, the Caspian and Baltic seas, change biodiversity under influence of invaders.

Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

Scientific secretary of biological division of Federal programs of “The World Ocean” of Ministry of Sciences, Education and Technology of Russian Federation (1995-2005).  
Expert of panel of Living Marine Resources of the program GOOS (IOC) (1998-2000)
Expert of SCOR, working group N 115 (plankton methodology) (2001-2006)
Member of Advisory group in Caspian Environmental program 2001-2006
Member of Advisory board of Caspian Environmental program 2005-2006
Member of Advisory board of CASPECO  2011-2012
Member of Advisory board and lector of Global Invasive species program 2006, 2011
Associated Editor of Journal of Aquatic invasions
Member of Editorial board of Russian Journal of Biological Invasions
Member of Editorial board of Journal Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment
Focal point of Russian Federation in CBD of the Black Sea commission since 2008;
Focal point in Aliens 1, 2, OSPAR in HELCOM since 2012;
Lector and trainer of GLOBALLAST 2005-2011.
Chair of CIESM session Biodiversity and Living resources 2014-2017
Member of the International Scientific Committee of the Fish Forum 2018
Representative of Russia in CIESM since 2019

Publications 123 papers, 6 books