Dovgal Igor Vasilyevich

Research area:

fauna, ecology, systematics, evolution, and phylogeny of sessile protists;

investigation of Suctorea, Chonotrichia, and Apostomatia (Ciliophora);

development of the concept of a hydrodynamic boundary layer of a liquid as an adaptive zone for sessile protists;

questions of evolution of protists ontogenesis (ciliates especially) in connection with transition of the latter ones to the sedentary lifestyle;

issues of ontogeny evolution and Metazoa origin.

 

Membership in editorial boards, scientific communities, and other organizations:

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Protistology;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Ecologica Montenegrina;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Ecosistemy;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Marine biological journal;

member – International Society of Protistologists;

member – Russian Hydrobiological Society.