Eugene Roaldovich Potapov

EDUCATION:

1969-1979 Specialized Secondary school N° 52 (specialization in English), Diploma with Excellence, June 1979. Prizes: Diploma of the first Degree for the school scientific essay "Biology of Owls" - 1977, Golden Medal of the National Exhibition of Achievements (Moscow) for the same essay; Diploma of the First Degree for the school scientific essay 'Biology of nightjars'- 1978.
1979-1984 State University of Leningrad, Faculty of Biology and Soils. Specialization in Ornithology. Masters degree in Biology-Zoology.
1979-1983 Advanced Language Studies course, Faculty of Public Professions, University of Leningrad. Certificate of scientific English-Russian translations, April 1983.
1988-1989 Doctoral student, Institute of Biological problems of the North (North-Eastern Department, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Magadan). Research carried out into the ecology and energetics of birds of prey in severe northern conditions.
1989-1990 Visiting postgraduate research student, Linacre College. Specialization in field ornithology, Dept. of Zoology,
University of Oxford.
1990-1994 Doctorate student, Balliol College, Specialization in field ornithology, Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford. DHhil  degree granted in 1994.

EMPLOYMENT:

1984–1986 Trainee Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, USSR.
1986–1988 Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, USSR.
1994 – June 1996 Post-doctorate Research Fellow at the Zoological Institute, Uppsala University, Sweden
August 1996 – March 1999 Research Fellow, Dept. of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan.
March 1999 – Dec 1999 Visiting academic, UV- research group, University of Bristol, UK
May 1998–2002 Asian Projects Leader, National Avian Research Center (now The Falcon Research Institute), UK (www.falcons.co.uk)
2002–2005 Head of Research, The Falcon Research Institute, International Wildlife Consultancy, Ltd. www.savethesaker.org www.falcons.co.uk
December 1998 Successful application to the WWF Far-East eco-region program (regional Director). The offer was declined.

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS:

1989-1990 Soros Visiting Student Scholarship, Linacre College, Oxford
1990-1994 Dervorguilla Scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford.

COMMITTEES AND NGO'S:

1992 -  IUCN (WORLD CONSERVATION UNION) Species Survival Committee (Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist group)
From 1991- Member of the Bureau of the Russian Birds of Prey and Owls Working Group (Formal name of the group is "East European and North Asian Birds of Prey and Owls Working Group")
From 1992- The Steller's Sea Eagle International Working Group
From 1990- 21 Century Trust, London
From 2003  Fellow of the Linnean Society by election (FLS).  

VARIOUS:

PUBLISHING:

Editor and publisher of bilingual Newsletter on Russian Birds of prey (Raptor-link)  1992-1996.
Editor. Falco magazine (ISSN 1608-1544). Since 2003.

HOBBIES:

Cross-country and down-hill skiing, radioelectronics, r/c aircafts,photography, video making, micro-light aircraft flying, scuba diving, anthropology, writing.

SKILLS:        

Travelling, organizing expeditions and field work on national and international level. Experience with PC, MAC and mainframe computers, LAN, TCP/IP, Web design, database, bibliographical, statistical, DTP, GIS, Image Processing. PAUP, MaClyde, and computer video, films production (Avid, Premiere). Software authorship: Agros-tools: http://gis-lab.info/programs/argos/index.html

LICENCES       

Clean driving licenses (since 1986 Russian), UK, USA, China and Mongolian.
Clean motorboat license (60 HP, 5 miles off-shore; since 1985). 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Personal page in Russian