 Pavel
Stanislavovich Tomkovich-
Head of Division of Ornithology, curator of
oological collection and of collection of non-passerine birds.
Contact phone (7-495)-629-44-74.
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Doctor of Sci., Leading Researcher. Chair of
the Working Group on Waders (CIS), member of the Executive Committee
of the International Wader Study Group, member of the International
Ornithological Committee, member of the Boad of the Russian
Bird Conservation Union, vice-president of the Menzbir Ornithological
Society, corresponding member of the American Ornithologists`
Union, member of the Editorial Boards of the "Bulletin of Moscow
Society of Naturalists" and of the annals "Ornithologia", coordinator
of the international project "Arctic Birds Breeding Conditions
Survey" (results are published annually, see www.arcticbirds.ru).
e-mail: pst@zmmu.msu.ru
Widely recognized expert in Arctic breeding waders, main research
interests are in bird fauna, taxonomy, species divergence and
natural history of Calidridinae sandpipers. Participated in
many expeditions to various sites of Arctic from Franz Josef
Land to Chukotka and Alaska. Currently is busy with "The Atlas
of the Breeding Waders of the Russian Arctic".
Publications
 Evgeniy
Aleksandrovich Koblik -
Senior Researcher, curator of mounted skins
of passerine birds and of wet collection. Contact phone (7-495)-629-44-74.
Candidate of Sci. Vice-president of the Menzbir
Ornithological Society, member of audit commission of the Russian
Bird Conservation Union, Chair of Faunistic Commission of the
Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group of Northern Eurasia.
e-mail:
koblik@zmmu.msu.ru
Research interests are in evolution of bird
plumage colouration patters. He studies also taxonomy of the
cone-billed passerine birds. Participated in field surveys in
various regions of Palaearctic, including Russian Far East,
Tuva, Himalay Mts.
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Acknowledged animal artist, illustrated a number
of natural history books, including textbooks and guides. Consultant
of some TV projects on natural history.
Publications
 Yaroslav
Andreevich Red'kin - Researcher, curator of study skins of passerine birds and of
tissue samples, responsible for primary treatment of newly acquired
materials. Contact phone (7-495)-629-44-74.
Candidate of Sci. Secretary of Faunistic Commission
of the Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group of Northern Eurasia.
e-mail: yardo@mail.ru
Research interests are in species and subspecies
taxonomy of some Palaearctic birds, especially of wagtails.
Has conducted field studies in many areas of Palaearctic, as
well as in Thailand, Nepal and N America.
Publications
 Mikhail
Vladimirovich Kalyakin -
Member of the Division staff in 1987-2000,
now Secretary for Research of the Zoological Museum. Contact
phone (7-495)-629-41-50.
e-mail: kalyakin@zmmu.msu.ru
Candidate of Sci. Member of Central Council
of Moscow Ornithological Society and of Council of Moscow branch
of the Russian Union for Bird Conservation, member of Oriental
Bird Club and of Aquatic Warbler Conservation Team. Deputy editor
of the year-book "Ornithology", co-editor of the serial "Biodiversity
of Vietnam", coordinator of the year-book "Birds of Moscow and
its vicinities".
Research interests are in functional morphology
of the jaw apparatus of passerine birds in relation to their
feeding adaptations; in taxonomy, distribution and ecology of
the birds of Vietnam; in taxonomy of Pycnonotidae and of some
Palaearctic sylviid genera; in conservation problems of Acrocephalus
paludicola in Russia. Participated in numerous expeditions
to southern Siberia and Russian Far East, to Vietnam.
Publications
 Maria
Viktorovna Konovalova
Assistant curator, curator of tissue samples and
of bird wings, in the Division since 2001.
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