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Maria Kachamakova

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maria.n.kachamakova@gmail.com

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth:
9 August 1991, Sofia, Bulgaria

Employment:

Feb 2020 - now
Assistant professor at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Postdoc at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Research Facility Studenec.

Education:

Feb 2017 - Jan 2020:
PhD in Ecology and ecosystem conservation, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Science; Thesis: Adaptation of European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) following conservation translocations in Bulgaria. (supervisor Dr Y.Koshev)

Mar - Aug 2016:
Internship in Population dynamics analysis (R) of viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara), Station of experimental and theoretical ecology, Moulis (France)

Oct 2014 - Feb 2016:
Master's degree in Biology, specialisation ”Zoology of the Vertebrates", Sofia University "St. Climent Ohridski"; Thesis: "Assessment of the permeability and the habitat connectivity of for medium and large mammals of the Lyulin highway "

Oct 2010 - Jul 2014:
Bachelor's degree in Ecology and environmental protection, Sofia University "St. Climent Ohridski"

Sep 2005 - May 2010:
9 French language school, Sofia

Research interests

Conservation biology, Ecology, Species conservation and management, Evolutionary biology

Publications

Nikova, P., Kachamakova, M and Koshev Y. (2024) Assessing the Establishment of American Mink (Neogale vison) Escapees from the Fur Industry in Bulgaria. Ecologies 5, no. 4: 610-626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5040036

Koshev Y., Říčanová Š., Kachamakova M., Říčan O. (2023). The European Ground Squirrel’s Genetic Diversity in Its Ancestral Land: Landscape Insights and Conservation Implications. Diversity, 15(3):365. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030365

Kachamakova M., Mutafchiev Y., Nikolov P.N., Koshev Y. (2023). Conservation of Host, Translocation of Parasites—Monitoring of Helminths during Population Reinforcement of the European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus). Diversity, 15(2):266. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020266

Koshev Y. S., M. N. Beltcheva, R. P. Metcheva, I. A. Aleksieva, M. N. Kachamakova. (2022). Small mammals in Rila National Park, Bulgaria: Diversity, Threats and Conservation. In: Scientific conference "30 years of Rila National Park " - A challenge for future generations 03 June 2022", 61-68. Directorate of the National Park “Rila”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. ISBN 978-619-90533-8-6.

Koshev Y. S., M. N. Kachamakova. (2022). Vulnerability of small mammals of climate change in the Rila Mountain, Bulgaria. I n: Scientific conference "30 years of Rila National Park " - A challenge for future generations 03 June 2022", 69-82. Directorate of the National Park “Rila”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. ISBN 978-619-90533-8-6.

Kachamakova, M., Koshev, Y., Rammou, D. L., & Spasov, S. (2022). Rise and fall: Results of a multidisciplinary study and 5-year long monitoring of conservation translocation of the European ground squirrel. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10, e83321.

Kachamakova, M., Koynova, T., Tsvetkov, R., & Koshev, Y. (2022). First evidence for active carnivorous predation in the European ground squirrel. Acta Ethologica, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-022-00399-w

Kachamakova, M., & Koshev, Y. (2021). Post-release settlement and survival of endangered European ground squirrel after conservation reinforcement. Journal for Nature Conservation, 126048.

Kachamakova, M., Koshev, Y., & Millesi, E. (2020). Resident European ground squirrels exhibit higher stress levels than translocated individuals after conservation reinforcement. Mammalian Biology, 1-10.

Kachamakova, M., Antonova, V., & Koshev, Y. (2019). The role of ant nests in European ground squirrel’s (Spermophilus citellus) post-reintroduction adaptation in two Bulgarian mountains. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7.

Koshev, Y., Kachamakova, M., Arangelov, S., & Ragyov, D. (2019). Translocations of European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) along altitudinal gradient in Bulgaria–an overview. Nature Conservation, 35, 63.

Kachamakova, M., & Zlatanova, D. (2014). Behaviour of Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx (L.), in captivity during the breeding season. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 66(3), 365-371.

Affiliation

Department
Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology
Division
Biomonitoring and Ecological Risk Assessment

History

Member for
7 years 40 weeks