Professor Dr Irena Tavchiovska-Vasileva

Biography

Education – degrees awarded:        

  • 1984, BSc Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • 1986/1989, MSc Biology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Master Thesis: “Histological structure of the testis of Dojran Perch (Perca fluviatilis macedonica K a r.) in the period after the spawning” 
  • 1993/1999, PhD, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Doctoral Thesis: “Comparative structural and ultrastructural characteristics of the testes of Salmonidae (Pisces: Teleostei) from Ohrid Lake in the period after the spawning"

Professional Experience:     

  • 1985/2000, Assistant Teacher, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • 2000/2005, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • 2005/2010, Associate Professor,  Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • 2010/2018, Full Professor, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cytil and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Professional membership:   

  • 1985, Biological Society of Republic of Macedonia
  • 1994, Macedonian Ecological Society 

Teaching experience:
Teasching Assistant:

  • Systematics of Vertebrates (Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics), 
  • Animal Cytology (Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • Histology and Embriology of animals (Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics) 
  • General Biology (Faculty of Medicine)
  • General Biology (Faculty of Dental Medicine)
  • General Biology (Faculty of Pharmacy)
  • General Zoology (Studies of Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

Assistant Professor:

  • General zoology (Studies for Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • Elements of Organic evolution (Studies for Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • General Biology (Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

Associate Professor:

  • General Zoology (Studies for Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • Elements of Organic evolution (Studies for Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • General biology (Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

Full Professor:

  • Histology and Embriology (Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • General Zoology (Studies for Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • Elements of Organic Evolution (Studies for Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
  • General Biology (Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

Books

2003, Elements of Organic Evolution for the students at the Institute of Biology 
2006, General Zoology  for the students at the Institute of Biology
2006, General Biology for the students at the Institute of Chemistry
2013, Histology and Embryology for the students at the Institute of Biology
2017, Histology and Embryology for the students at the Institute of Biology

Mobility and Study stays

May 1998, Laboratory for electronic microscopy, Institute of experimental morphology and anthropology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Articles and Conferences

Journal Articles - more than 50

Conference Presentations - more than 50

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Проекти

1995/1997, Monitoring of the tumorogenic effect of polluted aquatic enviromental on the hydrobionts of Ohrid Lake (Ministry of Sciences of Republic of Macedonia)

1996/1998, The effect of Lead on some biochemical parameters of rat fetus during pregnancy (Ministry of Sciences of Republic of Macedonia)

1998/2002, Histopathological biomarkers of the antropogenic stress of some fish species from Ohrid Lake (Ministry of Sciences of Republic of Macedonia)

2025/2026, Lake Prespa on the verge of extinction – biological responses to climate change and anthropogenic impact Ministry of Sciences of Republic of Macedonia)

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