Olga V. Burova (Olga V. Gerasymova)
Senior Researcher, PhD in Biology.
Main scientific interests: floristic and taxonomic studies of green filamentous algae; algofloristic studies, particularly of protected areas; microalgae culture collections.
E-mail: olga_burova@yahoo.com
Education:
2007, January – Candidate of Biological Sciences / PhD. Thesis “Algal flora of reservoirs of Dniprovsko-Orilsky Nature Reserve (Ukraine) ”;
2002–2005 – Postgraduate Student, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Phycology;
1997–2002 – V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Botany, Diplom M.Sc., speciality: Botany, qualification: Biologist-Botanist, Biology and Chemistry Teacher.
Professional career (positions):
2025–present – Senior Researcher;
2023–present – Curator of the Microalgae Culture Collection of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine (IBASU-A);
2007 – Researcher;
2005 – Junior Researcher.
Selected publications:
Borysova O.V., Burova O.V., Mikhailyuk T.I., Konishchuk M.O., Friedl T. Microalgae Culture Collection of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany (IBASU-A): a 65-year history. Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 2026. Vol. 83, Issue 2. P. 102–119. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj83.02.102
Burova O.V., Sadogurska S.S., Mikhailyuk T.I. 2025. Chroodactylon ornatum (Stylonematales, Rhodophyta) in the flora of Ukraine: distribution, conservation and the data on a new locality. International Journal on Algae. Vol. 27, Issue 3. P. 211–224. https://doi.org/10.1615/InterJAlgae.v27.i3.10
Tsarenko P.M., Vinogradova O.M., Burova O.V., Bryantseva Yu.V., Borysova O.V., Lilitska G.G., Raida O.V., Beresovska V.Yu., Kryvosheia-Zakharova O.M., Sadogurska S.S. 2024. Prodromus of spore plants of Ukraine: algae. Book 1. Ed. P.M. Tsarenko. Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, 879 pp. [in Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/978-966-00-1870-9
Tsarenko P.M., Mikhailyuk T.I., Burova O.V., Borysova O.V., Lilitska G.G., Demchenko E.M. 2024. Prodromus of spore plants of Ukraine: algae. Book 2. Ed. P.M. Tsarenko. Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, 680 pp. [in Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/978-966-00-1954-6
Burova O.V., Gromakova A.B., Zhezhera M.D. Sphaeroplea soleirolii (Duby) Montagne ex Kütz. (Chlorophyta) – the first record for Ukraine. Algologia. 2024. Vol. 34, Issue 2. P. 160–174. [in Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/alg34.02.160
Borysova O.V., Burova O.V., Gromakova A.B. New discovery of a rare species Tolypella intricata (Trentepohl ex Roth) Leonhardi (Charophyta, Charales) in Ukraine in the territory of Kharkiv Region. Algologia. 2024. Vol. 34, Issue 4. P. 333–344. [in Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/alg34.04.333
Bilous O.P., Wojtal A.Z., Ivanova N.O., Burova O.V., Barinova S., Maystrova N.V., Polishchuk O., Curtean-Bănăduc A., Tsarenko P.M. 2023. Indication of long-term changes of algae communities in a hydrologically transformed Estuary Sasyk, Black Sea, Ukraine. Water. Vol. 15, 2078. P. 1–45. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15112078
Berezovska V.Yu., Burova O.V., Raida O.V. New Localities of Bambusina borreri (Ralfs) Cleve (Charophyta), a species from the Red Data Book of Ukraine. International Journal on Algae. 2021. Vol. 23, No 3. P. 237–246. https://doi.org/10.1615/InterJAlgae.v23.i3.30
Bilous O.P., Wojtal A.Z., Ivanova N.O., Tsarenko P.M., Burova O.V., Barinova S. Benthic diatom composition in coastal zone of Black Sea, Sasyk Reservoir (Ukraine). Diversity. 2020. Vol. 12, 0458. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120458
Borysova O.V., Tsarenko P.M., Konishchuk M.O., Burova O.V. Microalgae of culture collection of IBASU-A of M.G. Kholodny Institute of Bostany NAS of Ukraine. Kyiv, 2020. 131 p.
Burova O.V., Zhezhera M.D. Algae of National Nature Park «Desniansko-Starogutskyi»; ed. by Prof. P.M. Tsarenko. – Sumy: University Book, 2013. – 182 p. [in Ukrainian]
Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Vol. 3. Chlorophyta. Eds. Petro M. Tsarenko, Solomon P. Wasser & Eviator Nevo. Ruggell: Gantner Verlag, 2011. 511 p.
Gerasymova O.V., Tsarenko P.M. Algae. In: Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky. Nature: Plant kingdom. Сritical inventory, annotatied checklist of flora and vegetation: vascular plants, mosses, lichens, algae // Eds. V.P. Kotsur, V.M. Dzhuran, M.M. Fedoronchuk, and M.V. Shevera. – Korsun-Shevchenkivsky: Maydachenko I.S., 2010. – P. 148–160.
Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Vol. 2. Bacillariophyta. Eds. P.M. Tsarenko, S.P. Wasser & E. Nevo. Ruggell: Gantner Verlag, 2009. 414 p.
