D Sc, Corr. Member of RAS, Deputy Director, A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Alexey Surov was born February 11, 1955, in Moscow. In 1977 he graduated from the Biological Faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and entered A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS). In 1986 he defended his PhD thesis titled “Role of olfactory signals in behavior of the Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse, 1839)". In 2006 he defended his DSc thesis “Olfactory signals in sexual behavior of mammals". Since 2006 he headed the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology and Biocommunication IEE RAS. At the same time, he was assigned on a position of deputy director of IEE RAS. Currently, he successfully holds both positions.
In March 2016, A. Surov was elected as a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Branch of General Biology.
A.Surov has published more than 150 scientific works including the monograph, chapters in textbooks, books, papers, materials of congresses, symposiums, national and international forums, newsletters. Under A.Surov guidance and consultations 5 theses were defended.
Membership of the editorial boards:
1. “Pest-Management” quarterly scientific and practical journal on the problems of the sanitary and epidemiological wellbeing of the population, the pest control theory and practice.
2.“Biological sciences of Kazakhstan”
3. “Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology ” since 2017 – editor-in-chief.
Number of citations: RG – 426 (95 papers) Hi - 8, e-library – 803 (124 papers) Hi - 12.
Scientific research fields:
1.Biodiversity (estimation of species richness, community structure, species abundance).
2. Phylogeography and phylogenetic. Genetic population structure.
3. Chemical communication of mammals (rodents, Palearctic hamsters).
4. Pheromones, species-sex-physiological status recognition.
5. Reproduction (sexual pheromones, mating behavior, fertility and sex hormones, mate-choice).
6. Urban ecology. Animal adaptations to an urban environment. Synurbization.
Popularization of science:
1. Participation in a large number of programs in TV.
2. Interviews in newspapers and magazines.
3. Lectures in Natural history museums (Darvin, Timiryazev, Zoological Museum of MSU, etc.)
