Zubcov Elena

About

Researcher from the Republic of Moldova, professor, doctor habilitatus in biological sciences, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. She works in the Section of Biological, Chemical and Ecological Sciences. She specializes in hydrobiology, ichthyology, ecotoxicology, aquatic ecology. In July 1971, she began working at the Institute of Zoology of the ASM, hydrobiology laboratory, as a specialist laboratory assistant. In February 1975, she became a junior research fellow at the biohydrochemistry laboratory of the Institute of Zoology and Physiology of the ASM, and in January 1987, she became a senior research fellow at the ecophysiology and ontogenesis of ichthyofauna laboratory within the same Institute. From July 1993, she was a principal research fellow and head of the ecotoxicology group at the Institute of Zoology of the ASM, and from September 1999, head of the hydrochemistry and ecotoxicology laboratory of the same institute — renamed in March 2001 as the hydrobiology and ecotoxicology laboratory — and remained in this position until 2005. In February 2005, by Presidential Decree no. 2074 of November 3, 2004, she was appointed vice-president of the National Council for Accreditation and Attestation and head of the Accreditation Commission, and concurrently a research scientist at the Institute of Zoology. In January 2009, she returned to head the laboratory of hydrobiology and ecotoxicology at the Institute of Zoology. During the period 1999-2006, she worked concurrently as a professor at the State University of Moldova, Department of Human and Animal Biology. Since 2010, also concurrently, she has been a professor at the University of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Biology Section. She supervised 8-9 doctoral theses, 3 master's theses, and 8 bachelor's theses. These students subsequently obtained—in total—5 international scholarships, 2 grants, and a scholarship of excellence from the Government of the Republic of Moldova.