Alexander Pakhomov, PhD
Aleksandr Pakhomov

Group Leader
Projects: MagBirds, MagMoths, MagButterflies, MagBats
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Current position: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow/UKRI Guarantee Scheme (Keele University, UK)

Gleb Utvenko
Animal Navigation: Research and Engineering Lab, BSR ZIN RAS

Dmitry Kishkinev
Animal Navigation, Keele University

Polina Gorvat (2024-2026).
Current position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), B.Sc.
Project: Effect of magnetic field on the intensity of fat refueling in young migratory birds: a case study of thrush nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Supervisor: Gleb Utvenko, Sergey Ogurtsov

Anastasia Grebenkova (2022-2024).
Current position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), M.Sc.
Project: Magnetic orientation of marsh warblers Acrocephalus palustris after a simulated crossing of the magnetic equator.
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Sergey Ogurtsov

Alexandra Fedorisheva (2021 – 2024).
Current position: NA
Previous position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), B.Sc. + M.Sc.
Project: Magnetic field as an abiotic factor controlling the behaviour of songbirds during migration, a bachelor’s degree (2022).
Project: Effects of weak radio-frequency magnetic fields on migratory direction in garden warblers Sylvia borin in the presence of stellar cues, a master’s degree (2024).
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Sergey Ogurtsov

Anisia Prokshina (2020 – 2023).
Current position: University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand), PhD student (2023 – )
Previous position: Herzen State Pedagogical University (St. Petersburg, Russia), B.Sc./ Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), M.Sc.
Project: A hierarchy of compass systems in migratory songbirds by the example of garden warbler Sylvia borin, a bachelor’s degree (2021).
Project: Effect of yellow monochromatic light on magnetic orientation of European pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca, a master’s degree (2023).
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Sergey Ogurtsov

Gleb Utvenko (2019 – 2023).
Current position: Zoological Institute RAS (St. Petersburg, Russia). PhD student (2023 -)
Previous position: Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow, Russia), B.Sc. / Saint-Pedersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russia), M.Sc.
Project: Ontogeny of the star compass in nocturnal songbirds by the example of Pied flycatchers Ficedula hyppoleuca, a bachelor’s degree (2021).
Project: A study of migratory bats’ orientation in the modified circular release box by the example of Nathusius pipistrelle, a master’s degree (2023).
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Dmitry Shitikov, Nikita Chernetsov

Fyodor Cellarius (2019 – 2022).
Current position: Oldenburg University (Oldenburg, Germany), PhD student (2023 – )
Previous position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), B.Sc. + M.Sc./Biological Station Rybachy ZIN RAS, lab assistant.
Project: Magnetic declination as a part of a navigational map in migratory birds by the example of garden warbler Sylvia borin, a bachelor’s degree (2020).
Project: Navigation and orientation of migratory bats by the example of Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii, a master’s degree (2022).
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Sergey Ogurtsov

Nadezhda Romanova (2019 – 2022). Full Bio
Current position: University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria), M.Sc (2024 -2026).
Previous position: Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow, Russia), B.Sc.
Project: Light-dependent magnetoreception of nocturnal songbird migrants: a replication study in Pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca, a bachelor’s degree (2022).
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Dmitry Shitikov

Maria Ershova (2018 – 2019).
Current position: NA
Previous position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), B.Sc.
Project: Effects of weak radio-frequency magnetic fields on migratory direction in garden warblers Sylvia borin, a bachelor’s degree (2019).
Supervisor: Alex Pakhomov, Sergey Ogurtsov