Personal details. Ukrainian, year of birth 1961, female.

Qualifications. Diploma of T. Shevchenko National Kiev University, 1982; PhD (Candidate of Biological Science) Kiev, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, 1986; member of UUPN (UK-Ukraine Professional Network); member of Ukrainian Botanical Society; holds Ukrainian driving licence.

Previous achievements. Participant in Darwin Initiative project Fungi of Ukraine (1994-1996) (author of ascomycete entries in major checklist produced from that project) and Biodiversity Information in the former Soviet Union (1999-2002); joint-editor of proceedings of Ukraine's first National Conference for Conservation of Biodiversity, Kaniv, 1997; represented Ukraine at "Scientia Europaea-2", a pan-European Conference of young scientists (Pornichet, France, 1997); Ukrainian Co-ordinator for Royal Society project Electronic Maps of Ukrainian Fungi & Plants; sabbatical study (Robinson College, Cambridge, Cambridge Colleges Hospitality Scheme, 1999); participated in the conference "Biovision Forum" (Lyon, 2001); some experience of experimental work with cultivated mushrooms (Weser Champignon, Germany, 2001, 2002); Ukrainian Co-ordinator of An Environmental Action Plan for Balaclava (UK DFID SEPS, 2001-2002); participant of the project Fungi of Crimea (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2000-2002), author of section on ascomycetes in the monograph produced within that project; Member of Organizing Committee of XIV Congress of European Mycologists; Founder Member of the European Mycological Association; participant in Recovering Ukraine's Lost Steppe (UK Darwin Initiative project, 2002-2005); Ukrainian co-ordinator of Encouraging Sustainable Development of the Crimean South Coast (UK DEFRA, 2004-2005); Scientific Manager for Planning Management & Educational Sustainability on Ukraine's Military Sites (UK DFID SEPSII, 2005); Ukrainian representative of the ECCF; author or co-author of about 70 publications, including 3 monographs.

Current activities. Participant in the following projects or events:

	Fungi of the Left Bank of Ukraine (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2003-2007);
	Establishing a Network of Ecologists in Ukraine (British Ecological Society, 2006-2008);
	Co-ordinator of the ECCF Working Group for Microfungi Conservation.
	Secretary to the 6th International Congress on the Systematics & Ecology of Myxomycetes scheduled to be held in Ukraine in 2008.

Expertise. Mycology, botany; specialist in Ascomycetes, for many years studying the systematics of wood-inhabiting pyrenomycetes, particularly the Valsaceae including anamorphs and, more recently, the Xylariaceae; considerable experience of data-entry and data editing for computerized biological recording; environmental management, including production of local environmental action plans, and integrated land management plans, with particular experience of environmental conservation of military lands.

Dr V.P. Hayova
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany,
2 Tereshchenkivska Street,
Kiev 01601,
Ukraine.
Tel.: +380 44 239 67 87
Fax: +380 44 234 40 41


Current position. Senior Scientist, Department of Mycology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Languages. Ukrainian, Russian, English (fluent), French (conversational), German (basic); reading knowledge of West Slavonic languages.

Expeditions & fieldwork. Publicity Manager and participant in Royal Geographical Society's first Ralph Brown Expedition (1998); member of numerous expeditions in Ukraine including Carpathians and Crimea; further field experience in northern Russia, Georgia, Britain, France, Belgium, Czech and Slovak Republics.