Vladyslav Monchenko
Appearance
Vladislav Ivanovich Monchenko | |
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Born | 2 April 1932 |
Died | 8 February 2016 | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Kiev University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | zoology, ecology, carcinology |
Institutions | I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology |
Doctoral advisor | Aleksandr Markevich |
Doctoral students | Igor Dovgal, Vitaliy Anistratenko |
Vladislav Ivanovich Monchenko (Ukrainian: Владислав Іванович Монченко) (2 April 1932 – 8 February 2016) was an Ukrainian zoologist and ecologist, a prolific copepodologist. He was a full professor and an Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
Species named in honour of Prof. Monchenko
The 3 genera and 9 species of crustaceans are named in honour of V. I. Monchenko.
Moreover in 2015 a minor land snail species from Madagascar, Boucardicus monchenkoi, was named in honour of Prof. Monchenko, who collected its first known specimen during expedition in 1991.