Curriculum Vita

NERGUI (SONYA) SONINKHISHIG
April 2001

Current contact information:
National University of Mongolia
Faculty of Biology
Department of Botany
Ulaanbaatar 210646, Box-535
Mongolia

Office phone: 011-976-1-323970
Home phone: 011-976-1-303080
FAX: 011-976-1-320159
email: soninkhishig2000@yahoo.com
 

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED AND ACADEMIC DEGREES
National University of Mongolia
Ph. D., currently enrolled

National University of Mongolia (1996-1998)
M. S., Botany (1998)

National University of Mongolia (1986-1990)
B. S., Botany (1990)

Special Coursework-Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, University of Iowa (summer 1999)
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms

High School-First High School, Tsetserleg, Mongolia (diploma-1986)
 

LANGUAGES
Mongolian-excellent speaking and writing
English-excellent speaking and writing, TOEFL 503
Russian-excellent speaking and writing
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH
Expedition Researcher
2000-Valley of the Great Lakes, Uvs and Hovd Provinces, Mongolia.  Collaboration with Science Museum of Minnesota and University of Michigan
2000-Lake Hovsgol and Darhad Basin, Mongolia.  Collaboration with Science Museum of Minnesota and University of Michigan
1998-Lake Hovsgol and Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake, Mongolia.  Collaboration with researchers from University of Michigan and Lake Biwa Institute.
1997-Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia.  Collaboration with researchers from Lake Biwa Institute.
1996-Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia.  Collaboration with researchers from University of Michigan, Academy of Natural Sciences-Philadelphia, University of South Carolina.
1995-Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia.  Collaboration with researchers from Academy of Natural Sciences-Philadelphia
1992-Buir Lake, Mongolia.  Collaboration with researchers from Irkutsk State University

Visiting Scientist, May 1999-August 1999, University of Michigan, Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences

Visiting Scientist, Feb-May 1995, Academy of Natural Sciences-Philadelphia

TEACHING
Lecturer 1990-2000, Biology Faculty, Mongolia State University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia-courses taught include: General Biology I & II, Lower Plant Systematics, General Botany
 

GRANTS AND HONORS
Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Livelihood Options in the Grasslands of Eastern Mongolia Research Grants Program, United Nations Development Program, "Biodiversity and Conservation of Buir Nuur-An International Inventory of the Diatom Flora," (with co-PI Dr. M. B. Edlund)
 

PUBLICATIONS
Soninkhishig, N. and Edlund, M. B. (in review) Biodiversity and conservation of Buir Nuur-an international inventory of the diatom flora.
     submitted to Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

Soninkhishig, N. and Edlund, M. B. (in review) Freshwater algae of the Khogno Khaan Protected Area. Part 1: Diatoms.
     In Kim, Y. H. (ed.)  Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Khogno Khaan Protected Area, Mongolia. The Korean Council for Conservation
     of Nature.

Edlund, M. B. and Soninkhishig, N. (in review) A new collection of Batrachospermum gelatinosum (Batrachospermaceae, Rhodophyta)
     from Lake Hovsgol National Park.  submitted to Proceedings of National University of Mongolia, Biology Section.

Edlund, M. B., Soninkhishig, N. and Stoermer, E. F. (in press) The diatom (Bacillariophyta) flora of Lake Hovsgol National Park,
     Mongolia.  In Goulden, C., Sitnikova, T., Gelhaus, J., and Boldgiv, B. (eds)  The Geology, Biodiversity and Ecology of Lake
     Hovsgol (Mongolia).  Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Edlund, M. B., Soninkhishig, N., Williams, R. M. and Stoermer, E. F. 2001. Biodiversity of Mongolia:  Checklist of diatoms,
     including new distributional reports of 31 taxa.  Nova Hedwigia 72:59-90.

Edlund, M. B., Soninkhishig, N., Williams, R. M. and Stoermer, E. F. 2000. Taxonomy and morphology of Eunotia clevei .  Diatom
     Research 15:209-219.

Soninkhishig, N., Jamsran, Ts., Edlund, M. B. 1999. Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of the Tuul River and their use as water quality indicators.
     Proceedings of Mongolian State University, Biology, No. 9, (146):296-313.

Edlund, M. B., Soninkhishig, N. and Vis, M. L. 1999. Distribution, taxonomy, and conservation value of Batrachospermum
     (Batrachospermaceae, Rhodophyta) in Mongolia.  Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences 1999, No. 3, 47-54.

Soninkhishig, N. 1998. Diatoms of the Tuul River. Master's thesis, National University of Mongolia, Botany Department, 29 pp. (in Mongolian)
 

PRESENTATIONS
"The diatom flora of ancient Lake Hovsgol," M. B. Edlund, N. Soninkhishig, R. M. Williams and E. F. Stoermer, presented at XVIth International
     Diatom Symposium, Athens, Greece, August 25-September 1, 2000.