Ecological Biogeography

Program description 

Professional training is aimed at mastering research methodology in all areas of biogeography and ecology, classical and new methods of analysis of various forms of biological diversity, guaranteeing effective practical activities in the field of conservation and rational use of biodiversity within the framework of the concept of sustainable development. The graduate is able to analyze and model geographic patterns of differentiation and distribution of biodiversity along environmental gradients.

The content of the master's program pays special attention to the development of practical recommendations for stabilizing the environmental situation based on representative and original research results of living, natural and natural-anthropogenic systems, conducting assessments and environmental assessments of various types of projects; theoretical knowledge and practical skills that allow solving professional problems in all areas of fundamental and applied biogeography; methodology and modern methods of studying biodiversity, from molecular biological to remote sensing methods; concepts, principles and approaches to the study of biodiversity as a systemic phenomenon at different levels of the structural organization of the biosphere; orientation in the systemic concept of biodiversity and the most important trends in its evolution; knowledge, skills and abilities in various applied areas of biogeography, including the management of protected natural areas.

Benefits of the program  

• A combination of traditional and innovative educational technologies and methods

• Access to the unique collection funds of the department - the Herbarium and the Zoological Collection

• Participation of undergraduates in expeditions and field research in different regions of the country and the world

• Opportunity to master a wide range of practices and skills that are in demand in modern fundamental and applied scientific research, expert activities, and education

• Involving undergraduates in research projects of the department and its partners  

Leading organizations where graduates works      

• Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov - Faculty of Geography and Biology
  

• Institute of Geography RAS

• Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution named after. A.N. Severtsov RAS          

• Institute of Water Problems RAS          

• Institute of Forestry RAS          

• Main Botanical Garden named after. N.V. Tsitsin RAS          

• Moscow Zoo          

• Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation          

• Russian Geographical Society (RGS)

Basic academic disciplines  

• Current problems of biogeography and ecology (Dikareva T.V.)

• Bioecological mapping (Emelyanova L.G.)

• Computer technologies in biogeography and ecology (Korennoy F.I.)

• Historical biogeography (Leonova N.B.)

• Molecular genetic basis of biodiversity (Leontyeva M.R.)

• Man in the biosphere (Malkhazova S.M.)

• Methods for assessing biodiversity (Emelyanova L.G., Leonova N.B., Miklyaeva I.M.)

• Geography of biodiversity (Leonova N.B.)

• Methods for analyzing the structure of geosystems (Viktorov A.S.)

• Methods for identifying vascular plants, lichens, and fungi (Suslova E.G.)

• Phylogenetic biogeography (Bobrov A.V.)