ALEX SLAVENKO
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CURRICULUM VITAE

 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
2022-present    Research scientist (Ecological modeller)
                          Cesar Australia, Brunswick, VIC Australia.
2022-present    Research fellow
                          Fenner School of Environment & Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
​                          Australia.
2022                  Ecological consultant, Environmental Protection Department
                          Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2020-2022         Research associate
                          The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

EDUCATION:
2014-2019       PhD, Zoology
                        “Patterns and drivers of morphological diversity in reptiles”
                        Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University.
2013-2014       MSc, Zoology
                        Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
                        Fast-track MSc programme
                        Transferred to the PhD programme.
2011-2013       BSc, Biology with an emphasis in ecology and evolution
                        Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
                        Summa Cum Laude.

ACADEMIC SERVICES:
Appointments:
            2021-present – Regional coordinator for New Guinea and Oceania
                                      IUCN SSC Skink Specialist Group.
            2020-present – Committee member
                                      British Ecological Society Macro Special Interest Group.
Supervision:
            2020-2021 – Mres, Osanna Chu, The University of Sheffield.
            2020 – MSc, Jueyu Liang, The University of Sheffield.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2019                Excellence in research award, the Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2018                Tel Aviv University Global Research & Training Fellowship (GRTF).
2018                Travel scholarship from the Adesman Fund.
2017                Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grant for Young Scientists of the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
2016                Travel scholarship from the Zoological Society of Israel.
2015                Dean’s award for excellence for BSc students, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2014                Travel scholarship from the Adesman Fund.
2012                Rector's award for excellence for BSc students, Tel Aviv University.
2012                Dean's award for excellence for BSc students, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2012                Accepted into the Adi Lautman excellence programme for outstanding students, Tel Aviv University.

SKILLS:
Programming languages: R (expert), Python (beginner).
Computational skills: Statistical modelling, multidimensional ordination, phylogenetic reconstruction, data processing and wrangling, data analysis, data visualisation.
Software & libraries: Data processing (dplyr, tidyr, stringr, lubridate, sf), data visualisation (ggplot2, knitr), regression (lme4, nlme, MCMCglmm), predictive modelling (caret, mgcv), version control (git), spatial data (ArcGIS, qGIS), phylogenetics (MEGA, PartitionFinder, raxML, BayesTraits, BioGeoBEARS, MrBayes, BEAST, phytools, geiger, ape), Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator).
Fieldwork: Ecological surveys (Israel, Greece, Papua New Guinea), specimen preparation, PADI certification, macro photography, trainee bird ringer.
Lab work: DNA extraction, PCR.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2021                Guest Lecturer (Macroecology)
                        Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2020                Guest Lecturer (APS342 Evolutionary Ecology)
                        School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield.
2018-2019       Organiser of EcoDataSci-TLV, bi-weekly workshop on data science with R, Tel Aviv University and the
                        Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.
2015-2019       Teaching assistant (Vertebrate Faunistics), Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2014                Teaching assistant (Introduction to Animal Life: Invertebrates to Vertebrates), Faculty of Life Sciences,
                        Tel Aviv University.
2012-2020       Instructor at Nature Campus programme & the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv
                        University.
 
OUTREACH:
2016-2021       Little Big Science (NGO registered no. 580639797)
                        Volunteer, writer of popular science articles in Hebrew.
 
ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC WORK:
2021                BESMacro 2021
                        Online conference, organising committee.
2020                EcoloCon 2021
                        Sheffield, United Kingdom, organising committee for symposium.
2019-2020       The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
                        Tel Aviv, Israel, collections staff.
2019                GekkotaMundi II
                        Tel Aviv, Israel, organising committee for conference.
2018                10th Symposium on Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin & 2nd Symposium on Mediterranean
                        Lizards
                        Tel Aviv, Israel, organising committee for conference.
 
INVITED AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS:
2022                School of biological sciences seminar, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2022                Evolution & Behaviour fortnightly seminar session, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
2022                
SICB+, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Talk (online).
2021                AES 2021, Melbourne, Australia, Talk (online).
2021                EcoloCon 2021, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Talk (online).
​2019                56th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Talk.
2019                Island Biology 2018, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, Poster.
2018                7th Annual Meeting BES Macroecology SIG, Oxford, United Kingdom, Talk.
2018                10th Symposium on Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin & 2nd Symposium on Mediterranean
​                        Lizards
                        Tel Aviv, Israel, Poster.
2017                54th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, Talk.
2017                Evolution 2017, Portland, Oregon, USA, Talk.
2016                53rd Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel,
                        Rehovot, Israel, Talk.
2016                5th Annual Meeting BES Macroecology SIG,
                        Oxford, United Kingdom, Talk.
2015                52nd Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Mikhmoret, Israel. Talk.
2015                7th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Bayreuth, Germany. Poster.
2014                51st Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Be’er Sheva, Israel. Talk.
2014                3rd Annual Meeting BES Macroecology SIG, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Talk.
2013                50th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel. Talk.
 
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2019-               Society for Island Biology.
2018-               IUCN SSC Skink Specialist Group.
2016-               British Ecological Society.
2016-               Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
2015-               The International Biogeography Society.
2013-               The Zoological Society of Israel.
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  • Research
    • Trait Macroevolution
    • Future Extinctions
    • Papua New Guinea Skinks
    • Skink Conservation
  • CV
  • Publications
  • Outreach
  • Photography
    • Reptiles
    • Birds
    • Mammals
    • Amphibians
    • Invertebrates
    • Landscapes