Dr. Elena G. KORDIKOVA

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Elena G. Kordikova was born on June, 22 in Krasnodar, Russia. She has finished a secondary school N19 in Krasnodar, an University of senior pupils at the biological faculty of the Kuban State University (KSU), a certified distanced preparatory telecourse at the mathematical faculty of the Moscow Pedagogical State Institute (MPSI) (exams in KSU).

== Education ==

1985 - B.D. in Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Diploma in Zoology and Botany, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;

1990 - B.D. in Geology, Search and Prospecting of Natural Resources, Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Diploma in Engineering Geology, Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan;

1991 - M.D. in Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Institute of Paleobiology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia;

1992 - Ph.D. in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, Institute of Geology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia; Diploma in Geological and Mineralogical Sciences; 

2001 - Dr. in Geology and Palaeontology, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany (Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Febr. 2001; Prof. Dr. W. Fruehwald);

2003 - Dr. in Geology and Palaeontology: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany; Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany (IC N7000154908, Alexander v. Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellow of the Alexander v. Humboldt Foundation = "Sponsorship is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in research and who contribute significantly to international cooperation and understanding")

== Professional Experience/Career ==

1985-1995 - Institute of Zoology of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Junior Scientific worker (1989-1991),

Scientific worker (1992-1995);

1990-1992 - Institute of palaeobiology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia (Postgraduate Course, Acad. Prof.

Leo Gabunia) M.D. (1991), Ph.D. (1992);  Work on the research project "Fossil Trionychoidea of Kazakhtan";

1995-1999 - Kapchagay Geological Survey at the Ministry of Ecology of the Kazakhstan Republic, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Leading palaeontologist & Collection manager (1995-1999);

1998 - Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde,

Stuttgart, Germany; Guest Researcher; Work on the research project "Early Miocene Carnivora of Aktau Mountains, Dzhungarian

Alatau, Kazakhstan" (grant of the DAAD);

1999-2001 - Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany;

Guest Researcher, Dr. in Geology and Stratigraphy (2001); Work on the research project �Ways and regularities of the evolution

of Testudinata� (grant of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation);

2001-2003/2004 - Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany; Staatliches Museum für

Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany; Guest Researcher; Work on the research project �Mammalian faunas from the Miocene of Sout-

Western Kazakhstan� (grant of the Volkswagen Foundation);

since 2004 http://www.meierhold-poesie.narod.ru/

http://www.kordikova-poesie.narod.ru/

http://www.super-kordikova.narod.ru/, etc.

== Grants and Fellowships ==

1989 - the American Express grant (Rome) for the participation in the International Teriological Congress, Rome (Italy);

1990 - the T. Roosevelt grant of the American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA);study of fossil and extant trionychids in the AMNH, MCZ, Florida State Museum, in private collection of Prof.Dr.P.Pritchard (Ovido, FL, USA);

1992 - a grant on biodiversity of the International Science Foundation named after G. Soros (Moscow, Russia);

1993 - a grant of EarthWatch Foundation (USA) for the organization, leadership and implementation of research project �Cenozoic turtles of the Aktau Mountains, South-Eastern Kazakhstan� - JOB WAS DONE. BUT UP TO NOW I HAVE NOT GOT ANY MONEY;

1993 - a grant on biodiversity of the International Science Foundation named after G. Soros (Moscow, Russia), visitoship to Evolution-93, Fourth Congress of the European Society for Evolut. Biology (Montpellier, France);

1994 - a grant of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbour, USA) for visitoship of the Museum of Palaeontology of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbour, USA);

1995 - a grant of the National Geographical Society (USA) - organization, leadership and implementation of the international project �Late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic vertebrates: the Aral Sea Region, Kazakhstan�;

1995 - a grant of the French Ministère de l�Education Nationale (Paris, France) � organization, leadership and implementation of the international project �Oligocene-Miocene sequence stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of Western and Southern Betpakdala Steppe, South Kazakhstan�;

1997 - a grant of the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (Paris, France) for the participation in the Biochrom-97 (Montpellier, France);

1997 - a grant of the British Council (Almaty, Kazakhstan) for the participation in the ICVM (Bristol, UK);

1997 - a grant of the Third World Herpetological Congress (Prague, Czechia) for the participation in 3th WHC;

1998 - a grant of the DAAD on the project �Miocene Carnivores of South-Eastern Kazakhstan�;

1999 - a grant of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing, China); study of the Chinese Paleogene, Neogene paleontological collections;

1999 - a grant of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany) on the project �Ways and regularities of the evolution of Testudinata�;

2000 - grants of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany): 4 European Research Fellowships (Poland, France, Switzerland, Great Britain);

2001 - a grant of the Volkswagen Foundation (Hannover, Germany) on the research project �Mammalian faunas from the Miocene of South-Western Kazakhstan�;

2002 - a grant of the Chelonian Research Institute (Oviedo, FL, USA);

2002 - a grant of the American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA);

2003 - a grant of the Volkswagen Foundation (Hannover, Germany) on the research project �Mammalian faunas from the Miocene of South-Western Kazakhstan� - prolongation; Elena KORDIKova Electro(Auto)Mobile Corporation;

2003 - a grant of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany) on the project �Ways and regularities of the evolution of Testudinata�