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PhD Researcher | Mycologist | Microbial Ecology & Microbiome Analysis

Profile Summary

PhD researcher in microbial ecology specializing in microbiome data analysis and ecological statistics. I have experience supporting research projects across the full scientific workflow - from experimental design and data collection to bioinformatic data processing, statistical analysis, and data visualization. I also assist with literature reviews, preparation of publication-quality figures, scientific manuscripts, and grant proposals. My expertise includes mycology, microbiology, microbial ecology, marine biology, phylogenetic analysis, ecological data analysis in R, and interpretation of complex biological datasets.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Mycology/Fungi
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Mycology
• ☆ Marine Biology
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Microbial Ecology
• ☆ Food Microbiology
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing

Writing Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institut de Ciències del Mar

June 2022 - Present

Junior researcher

Lomonosov Moscow State University

June 2015 - November 2021

Research Engineer

Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center “Biotechnology"

November 2014 - November 2021

Education

PhD (Department of Mycology and Algology)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

2015 - 2018

specialist (Department of Mycology and Algology)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

2009 - 2015

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Aleix Obiol, Emilio O. Casamayor, Ramon Massana, Sofiya Bondarenko (2025). Non-Dikarya Fungal Clades Are Everywhere: What 18S rRNA Gene Metabarcoding Reveals About Cross-System Distribution of Fungi . Microbial Ecology.

Anastasia E. Kuvarina, Irina A. Gavryushina, Maxim A. Sykonnikov, Tatiana A. Efimenko, Natalia N. Markelova, Elena N. Bilanenko, Sofiya A. Bondarenko, Lyudmila Y. Kokaeva, Alla V. Timofeeva, Marina V. Serebryakova, et al.(2022). Exploring Peptaibol’s Profile, Antifungal, and Antitumor Activity of Emericellipsin A of Emericellopsis Species from Soda and Saline Soils . Molecules. 27. (5). p. 1736. {MDPI} {AG}

Elena A. Ianutsevich, Olga A. Danilova, Sofiya A. Bondarenko, Vera M. Tereshina(2021). Membrane lipid and osmolyte readjustment in the alkaliphilic micromycete Sodiomyces tronii under cold, heat and osmotic shocks . Microbiology. 167. (11). Microbiology Society

Olga A. Danilova, Elena A. Ianutsevich, Sofiya A. Bondarenko, Marina L. Georgieva, Daria A. Vikchizhanina, Natalia V. Groza, Elena N. Bilanenko, Vera M. Tereshina(2020). Osmolytes and membrane lipids in the adaptation of micromycete Emericellopsis alkalina to ambient pH and sodium chloride . Fungal Biology. 124. (10). p. 884--891. Elsevier {BV}

S. A. Bondarenko, M. L. Georgieva, L. Yu. Kokaeva, E. N. Bilanenko(2019). The First Discovery of Alkali-Resistant Fungi on the Coast of Chloride Lake Baskunchak . Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. 74. (2). p. 57--62. Allerton Press

S. A. Bondarenko, M. L. Georgieva, E. N. Bilanenko(2018). Fungi Inhabiting the Coastal Zone of Lake Magadi . Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 11. (5). p. 439--448. Pleiades Publishing Ltd

S. A. Bondarenko, E. A. Ianutsevich, N. A. Sinitsyna, M. L. Georgieva, E. N. Bilanenko, B. M. Tereshina(2018). Dynamics of the cytosol soluble carbohydrates and membrane lipids in response to ambient pH in alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant fungi . Microbiology. 87. (1). p. 21--32. Pleiades Publishing Ltd

Sofiya A. Bondarenko, Elena A. Ianutsevich, Olga A. Danilova, Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo, Ekaterina R. Kotlova, Olga V. Kamzolkina, Elena N. Bilanenko, Vera M. Tereshina(2017). Membrane lipids and soluble sugars dynamics of the alkaliphilic fungus Sodiomyces tronii in response to ambient pH . Extremophiles. 21. (4). p. 743--754. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

S. A. Bondarenko, M. L. Georgieva, E. N. Bilanenko(2016). Alkalitolerant micromycetes in acidic and neutral soils of the temperate zone . Microbiology. 85. (6). p. 737--744. Pleiades Publishing Ltd

Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo, Marina L. Georgieva, Sofiya A. Bondarenko, Alfons J. M. Debets, Elena N. Bilanenko(2016). On the diversity of fungi from soda soils . Fungal Diversity. 76. (1). p. 27--74. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

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Sofiya Bondarenko, Judith Traver-Azuara, Caterina R. Giner, Carmen García-Comas, Ana Sánchez-Zurano, Martina Ciardi, Gabriel Acién, Aleix Obiol, Ramon Massana, Maria Montserrat Sala, et al. (2025). The complex interplay between microalgae and the microbiome in production raceways .