biostatistician, programmer

Location:

United States

Posted:

April 21, 2010

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Johns Hopkins University

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MD, USA, 21218

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Reasons why I am a good fit for a position of biostatistician: I have a background in biophysics; my Masters thesis was focused on the modeling of diabetes. I have applied statistical techniques to ecological issues in my postdoctoral research; and I have programming skills.

EDUCATION

Krasnoyarsk State University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Master of Science, Department of Physics and Biophysics

Master’s thesis: Modeling the Correct Use of Insulin among Diabetics 1997

Institute of Forestry, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Ph.D. Major: Biology

Dissertation: Effect of Seed Transfer and Climate Change on Growth of Tree Rings of Diverse Populations of Scots Pine in Common Gardens in Central Siberia 2002

STATISTICAL SKILLS

Linear and nonlinear mixed-effects models, ANOVA and regressions;

Models for binary and category outcomes (negative binomial and Poisson regressions);

Analysis of longitudinal data (modelling of autocorrelation and spatial correlation), time-series analysis (filtering and detrending);

Spatial modelling (variogram, kriging and mapping), multivariate techniques (PCA and CCA);

Stochastic simulations;

Experimental design;

Analyses of large datasets (high-resolution maps)

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

Programming in R and S-PLUS, Statistica 6.0 (StatSoft Inc.), JMP (SAS Institute Inc.)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN ECOLOGY

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Postdoctoral Researcher (Collaborator: K. Szlavecz) 2008-present

University of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Postdoctoral Researcher (Collaborator: F. Berninger) 2006-2008

University of Quebec, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada

Postdoctoral Researcher (Collaborators: Y. Bergeron,

A. Koubaa, F. Tremblay, B. Denneler) 2005-2006

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Fulbright Scholar (Collaborator: M. Tjoelker) 2005

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Fulbright Scholar (Collaborators: P. Reich and J. Oleksyn) 2004-2005

Institute of Forestry, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Research Associate (Supervisor: E. Vaganov) 2000-2006

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland

Visiting Scholar (Collaborator: F. Schweingruber) 2001

Dendroecological Field Weeks (Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic) 1999-2001

APPLICATIONS OF MODELLING TECHNIQUES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

(selected peer-reviewed publications)

Mixed-effects nonlinear models

Savva Y., Szlavecz K., Pouyat R., Groffman P., Heisler G. 2010. Land use and vegetation cover effects on soil temperature in an urban ecosystem. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74. doi:10.2136/sssaj200.

Mixed-effects linear models and regression

Savva Y., Berninger F. 2010. Sulphur deposition causes a large-scale growth decline of boreal forests in Eurasia. Global Biogeochemical Cycles (forthcoming).

Savva Y., Koubaa A., Tremblay F., Bergeron Y. 2010. Effects of radial growth, tree age, climate, and seed origin on wood density of diverse jack pine populations. Trees –Structure and Function.24: 53-65.

Savva Y., Denneler B., Koubaa A., Tremblay F., Bergeron Y., Tjoelker M. 2007. Effect of seed transfer and climate change on radial growth of diverse populations of jack pine in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 242: 636-647.

Longitudinal data and time-series analysis

Savva Y., Bergeron Y., Denneler B., Koubaa A., Tremblay F. 2008. Effect of inter-annual climate variations on radial growth of jack pine provenances in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 1-2.

Savva Y., Oleksyn J., Reich P.B., Tjoelker M.G., Vaganov E.A., Modrzynski J. 2006. Inter-annual growth/climate response of Norway spruce along an altitudinal gradient in the Tatra Mts., Poland. Trees –Structure and Function 20: 735-746.

Savva Y., V., Schweingruber F.H., Vaganov E.A. and Milyutin L.I. 2003. Influence of climate changes on tree-ring characteristics of Scots pine provenances in Southern Siberia (forest-steppe). IAWA Journal 24 :371–383.

Savva Y., Schweingruber F.H., Kuzmina N.A. and Vaganov E.A. 2002. Sensitivity of diameter growth to annual weather conditions in Scots pine provenances at a Central Siberian location. Silvae Genetica 51 (2-3):48–55.

Multivariate technique and inter-annual and between-subject variability

Savva Y., Schweingruber F., Milyutin L. and Vaganov E. 2002. Genetic and environmental signals in tree rings from different provenances of Pinus sylvestris L., planted in southern taiga, Central Siberia. Trees –Structure and Function 16:313–324.

Savva Y., Vaganov E.A. 2002. Scotch pine adaptation to climate changes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Russia (Doklady AN/ Doklady Biological Sci.) 385:357–360.

Savva Y. 2001. Growth variability of different provenances of Pinus sylvestris L. planted in southern taiga, Central Siberia. Geolines 11:123–125.

Spatial modelling (variogram, kriging and mapping)

Savva Y., Gupchup J., Szlavecz K., Terzis A., Szalay A., Carlson D., Musaloiu-E R., Pitz S., Heisler G. Optimal soil temperature sampling strategy: a study of spatial and temporal variability of soil temperature in Baltimore, MD (in prep.).

Other papers

Savva J., Vaganov E. 2006. Genetic and environmental effects assessment in Scots pine provenances planted in Central Siberia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11(1): 269-290.

Glenn P. Juday, G.P., V. Barber, P. Duffy, H. Linderholm, S. Rupp, S. Sparrow, E. Vaganov, J. Yarie, E. Berg, R. D'Arrigo, O. Eggertsson, V.V. Furyaev, E. H. Hogg, S. Huttunen, G.Jacoby, V. Y. Kaplunov, S. Kellomaki, A.V. Kirdyanov, C. E. Lewis, S. Linder, M.M. Naurzbaev, F.I. Pleshikov, U. T. Runesson, Y.V. Savva, O.V. Sidorova, V.D. Stakanov, N.M. Tchebakova, E.N. Valendik, E.F. Vedrova, M. Wilmking, 2005. The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment- The Scientific Report, Chapter 14: Forests, Land Management and Agriculture, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 781-862.

Savva Y., Yakovleva A., Vaganov E.A. and Kuznetcova G.V. 2004. Effect of climate variations on growth and compatibility of Pinus sibirica/Pinus sylvestris clones in forest-steppe, Siberia. Lesnoe Hozyajstvo (Russian Journal of Silviculture) 5:36-38.

Savva Y., Vaganov E.A. and Milyutin L.I. 2003. Influence of climate variations on tree-ring growth and structure of Scots pine provenances in forest-steppe, Southern Siberia. Lesovedenie (Russian Journal of Forestry) 3:5-15.

Savva Y., Vaganov E.A. and Milyutin L.I. 2003. Effect of climatic factors on tree-ring formation of Scots pine provenances planted in Southern Siberia. Botanicheskij Zhurnal (Russian Botanical Journal) 10: 68-82.

Savva Y., Vaganov E.A. and Milyutin L.I. 2003. Ratio of between-tree and weather-related variability in tree-ring characteristics of Scots pine provenances at a forest-steppe location, Siberia. Geographiya i Prirodnye Resursy (Russian Journal of Geography and Natural Resources) 2:78-82.

Savva Y. 2002. Influence of climate factors on radial growth dynamics of Scots pines planted in a provenance trial in southern taiga, Krasnoyarsk region. In: Global and Regional Changes of Climate and Environment in the Late Cainozoic Ear in Siberia (eds. Vaganov E.A., Derevyanko A.P., Grachev M.A. and Markin S.V.). Nowosibirsk, Publishing House of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, v.1:376-382.

Savva Y., Kuzmina N.A. and Vaganov E.A. 2001. Sensitivity of the structural characteristics of tree rings to climatic changes in different climatypes of Scotch pine. Russian Journal of Ecology 32:400-407.

Savva Y., Milyutin L.I. and Vaganov E.A. 2001. Variation in tree-ring structure of Scotch pine provenances in southern taiga, Central Siberia. Lesovedenie (Russian Journal of Forestry) 2: 53–61.

HONORS AND AWARDS IN ECOLOGY

National Science Engineering and Research Council, Canada

UQAT-UQAM Industrial Research Chair, Postdoctoral Scholarship 2006-2007

Fulbright Scholar Award, USA,grant 2004-2005

Russian Science Support Foundation, grant 2004-2005

Russian Fund of Basic Research, grant (3 times recipient) 2004-2006

President of Russian Federation, grant 2003-2004

Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, grant 2003

Institute of Forestry, Best Conference Paper Prize (2 times recipient) 2002-2003

Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Best Conference Paper Prize 2003

Krasnoyarsk Regional Science Foundation, award (5 times award recipient) 2001-2005

City of Zheleznogorsk, award 2000

SERVICE TO ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY

Reviewer of manuscripts submitted to refereed journals (Functional Ecology, Climate Research, Ecological Applications, Trees –Structure and Functions, Baltic Forestry)

LANGUAGES

English (fluent), Russian (native)

REFERENCES

Professor Frank Berninger

Departement des Sciences Biologiques

CP 8888 Succ Centre Ville

Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Montreal (Qc) H3C 3P8

Canada

Phone: 514-***-**** (e. 1644)

Fax: 514-***-****

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