BioModel is a biotic-GIS-experts-group on biodiversity modelling [BioticGeoinformation Science] with applying of special GIS- and statistics techniques, indicators, indices and RS data. We are the IT-group of Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center (ULRMC). Additional info on BioModel is available at related sub-pages i.e. Area and Projects
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Vasyl Prydatko, Senior Specialist at the ULRMC, which objectives include applying RS, digital mapping, GIS, and other IT data to support rendering public and private sector decisions, both in Ukraine and in the region. He worked as the Associated Professor at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (2007-2009), Senior Scientist at the environmental institute of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (1999-2001), Head of the Department of Ministry of the Environmental Protection of Ukraine (1993-1999). In ULRMC, he coordinates and manages international IT-projects (USAID, UNDP, GEF, NEAA, PBL), etc. Vasyl began his carrier as biology scientist at the Wrangel Island Reserve and participated in scientific expeditions in the Arctic (1978-1988). He holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NASU and an M.S. in Biology&Zoology from the Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/vasyl-prydatko/2b/952/914
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Grygoriy Kolomytsev, Researcher of the I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IZ NASU). He is an external expert at the ULRMC, involved in biotic-related activity of this institution. Since 2010, he is a PhD student at the Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv. His professional interest includes application of GIS approaches in biology: spatial analysis, biodiversity assessment using indicators, species habitat change analysis, niche-based species distribution modelling. In 2006-2007, he participated in IT-training on pressure-based-biodiversity modelling, MSA and GLM application at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente (the Netherlands). In 2004, he holds an M.S. in Biology&Zoology from the Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
http://ua.linkedin.com/in/kolomytsev
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