Email:  VIO@HOSTOS.CUNY.EDU 

Office Number: 507-K

Office Tel: 718-518-4139

Courses Teaching:

BIO 130 Organismic Biology (lecture), Hybrid course
BIO 131 Organismic Biology (laboratory), Hybrid course
BIO 220 General Biology II
BIO 230 Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO 240 Anatomy and Physiology II, Hybrid course
 

Publications:

2006. Ovtsharenko, V. I. &  M. M. Fedoryak, and B. P. Zakharov "Ground spiders of genus Taieria Forster, 1979 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in New Zealand: taxonomy and distribution". In: Acta zoologica bulgarica.

2006. Fedoryak, M. M., & V. I. Ovtcharenko and B. P. Zakharov. "Distribution and relation of ground spider's genus Taieria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in Australasia." In: Naukowyi Wisnyk Chernivetskoho Universitetu: Zbirnyk naukovyh prats. - Vol. 297, Biology, Chernivtsy National University, Chernivtsi, pp.160-164.

2006. Ovtcharenko, V.I. & T.V. Piterkina, and K.G. Mikhailov. "Ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) of semi-desert of Western Kazakhstan."  In: 30th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society,  June 17-21, 2006, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, p. 30.

2006. Ovtcharenko, V. I. and B. P. Zakharov. "A peculiar Encoptarthria group of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Australia." In: 30th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, June 17-21, 2006, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, p. 30.

2006. Ovtcharenko, V. I. Spiders of subfamily Hemicloeinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae): Who are they? In: 23th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Sitges, Barcelona, September 4th to 8th, Spain, p. 85

Academic Awards:

National Science Foundation Grant, 2006, $2,600,000.00 for "PBI: The Megadiverse, Microdistributed Spider Family Oonopidae" (International Grant, P.I. Dr. N. Platnick, AMNH), collaborators: Dr. V. Ovtcharenko.

PSC-CUNY  Award (# 68319-00-37, renewal) for $4040.00. The award period is from July 1st, 2006 through June 30th, 2007. Title of Project: “Biodiversity of Australian Ground Spiders (Monographic Research)”.

PSC-CUNY Out-of Cycle Award (# 60152-35-36) for $4,040. The award period is from May 1st, 2005 through June 30th, 2006. Title of Project: “Biodiversity of Australian Ground Spiders (Monographic Research)”.

Black Rock Forest Consortium Grant for $4,700; 2005. Research project “The Insect and Arachnid diversity of the Black Rock Forest” (P. I. Dr. V. I. Ovtcharenko).

Areas of Expertise:

Zoology, Entomology, Arachnology.

Presentations:

2006. Ovtcharenko, V.I. with T.V. Piterkina, and K.G. Mikhailov. Presentation: "Ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) of semi-desert of Western Kazakhstan."  In: 30th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, June 17-21, 2006, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.

2006. Ovtcharenko, V. I. with B. P. Zakharov. Presentation: "A peculiar Encoptarthria group of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Australia." In: 30th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, June 17-21, 2006, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.

2006. Ovtcharenko, V. I. Presentation: "Spiders of subfamily Hemicloeinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae): Who are they?" In: 23th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Sitges, Barcelona, September 4th to 8th, Spain.
 

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Spiders of Black Rock Forest