Alexander Oleskin

Oleskin majored in microbiology at Moscow State University and graduated as MS in 1981. He defended the Ph.D. thesis in 1985. Since then, Oleskin has been focusing on the role of neurotransmitters such as biogenic amines as ubiquitous signal agents and regulators utilized by a wide variety of life forms including bacteria and algae. In 2013, he was appointed Full Professor at the department currently known as the General Ecology and Hydrobiology Department of the Biology Faculty of Moscow State University. Prof. Oleskin’s research has resulted in publishing over 100 articles and several monographs and guide-books largely dealing with the functions of chemical communication factors in terms of the physiological activities of diverse microorganisms, with special emphasis on the role of (a) probiotic bacteria and (b) microalgae.