Microbial Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Biochemistry, Microbial Physiology, Genomics and Gene Transfer, Microbial Biofilms, Symbiotic Associations in Chemolithoautotrophic Communities, Archaea, Vibrionaceae, Extremophiles, UV Resistant Microorganisms, Marine Chemistry, Antibiotic Resistance, Quorum Sensing Signal Analogous and Detection, Physiology of Sponge-Associated Bacteria, Bacteriology of Coastal Waters, Methane-Oxidizing Rhizosphere, Probiotic Microorganisms of Coral Reef Animals

University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, US; Southern Arkansas University, Arkansas, US; University of West Indies, Barbados, West Indies; Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino, Russia; American Society of Microbiology (USA) since 1990; Society for General Microbiology (Europe) since 1994, Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF)

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Dr. Kotelnikova received her BSc in 1984 “Effect of oxygen on enzymes of energy metabolism from Methylomonas methanica” from the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences. She earned a MSc in 1985 “Respiration of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria “ from the Institute of Biophysics of Siberian Academy of Science, Russia and qualified as a Teacher of Biology and Chemistry through the Nizxniy Novgorod Universtity, Russia. In 1994 Dr. Kotelnikova received her PhD in Microbiology, “Taxonomy of Methanotrophic Archaea of Genera Methanobacterium and Methanosarcina" from the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences. Her Postdoctoral fellowship was completed in 1997, “Deep hydrogen-based biosphere” at the Göteborgs University, Microbiology, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

In the years 1997-2001 Dr. Ktelnikova served as a Researcher in microbiology with the Nuclear Power Waste Company (Svensk Kärnkraftavfall Bolag, SKB) in Stockholm, Sweden and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She furthered her teaching qualifications in 2001 by becoming a Teacher of Biology and Chemistry in Swedish.

Dr. Kotelnikova has international research experience as a researcher and professor in Russia, Sweden, South Africa, United Kingdom and West Indies. She is fluent in English, Swedish, Russian, and Esperanto.

Since 2004 Dr. Kotelnikova has held the positions of Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine at St. George’s University, Grenada. She currently is associated with the Graduate Research Program of St George’s School of Veterinary Medicine and WINDREF in Grenada and has supervised a number of candidates, BSc (30), MSc (7), post-graduate research students (5), PhD (2), in their studies of diverse bacterial and archaeal communities in such unique environments like hot iron springs, volcano lakes, deep biofims and on coral reef animals.

Dr. Kotelnikova’s research and teaching focuses on understanding the nature of microbial species and classifying new species of disease-causing bacteria with the outcome of helping public health workers prepare for the emergence of other novel diseases in the future.

 

Patel, RH, Pedersen, K, Kotelnikova, S. The Bacteriological Analysis and Health Risks in the Urban Estuary of St. George’s Bay, Grenada, West Indies. Journal of Environmental Health, (cover story) Volume, 73, September, 2010, Pp.22-28.

Amadi, V, Qureshi, AA, Lennon, D, Kotelnikova, S. Occurrence of antibiotic resistant indicators in paradise coastal waters of Grenada. FEMS

Svetlana V. Kotelnikova, Ravindra Naraine, Thomas Smith, Sara Jägevall, Lotta Hallbeck, and Karsten Pedersen. 2008. The microbial diversity present in a tropical circumneutral iron spring in Grenada. The 16th CAS Biennial Conference on Science and Technology Conference Proceedings, pp.1-470.: Vehicles for Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean: Grenada; 11-13 October, pp.202-210.

Svetlana V. Kotelnikova, Ryan J. McDonald, and L. Martin Eugene. 2008.Unusual Resistance of Marine Vibrio from Grenada to the Solar UV Radiation. The 16th CAS Biennial Conference on Science and Technology Conference Proceedings, pp.1-470.: Vehicles for Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean: Grenada; 11-13 October, pp. 267-274.

Kotelnikova S. 2002. Microbial production and oxidation of methane in the deep subsurface. Earth Science Review, 58/3, pp. 367-395.

Kotelnikova S. 2001. Respiration of iron and manganese by anaerobic methane-oxidizing microorganisms in Witwatersrand Gold Mines at depth of 3.1 km. Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse (MBS) Life and Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne, Sweden, pp. 1-45.

 

S Kotelnikova, R Naraine. Molecular diagnostics of marine Vibrio GSP-SRGI-05001 - 21 February 2005- May 2011 http://sgugenetics.pbworks.com/w/page/32717435/Molecular-taxonomy-of-Vibrio-isolated-from-coastal-environments-of-Grenada, WINDREF 2010 Annual Report
S Kotelnikova, Kamil, Kesingh. Antibiogram of pathogens isolated by SGU Testing Unit in Grenada. GSP-SRGI-10008 - 20 March 2011 - 20 October 2011.

S Kotelnikova, V Amadi, AA Qureshi, D Jundking, D Lennon. Occurrence of Antibiotic-resistant Fecal Indicators in Coastal waters of Southern Grenada. GSP-SRGI-10004 - 20 May 2009 - 20 May 2010 Please link to attached file: 10008 abstract

S Kotelnikova. Genome annotation in microorganisms  as a part of an undergraduate curriculum.. SGU-DOE-JGI - 19 December 2009- December 2015
 
S Kotelnikova. WINDREF Annual report 2010, pp 15-17