Abigail Rooney
Research Technical Officer
Focas Research Institute
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
Alexey Tarasov has received his B.Sc. (2006) and M.Sc. (2009) degrees in computer science from the Transport and Telecommunication Institute (Riga, Latvia), where he made a research in the field of aviation engine diagnostics using machine learning methods. Just after receiving B.Sc. degree he started to work as an assistant lecturer in Transport and Telecommunication Institute, delivering six study courses in statistics and artificial intelligence. Alexey also has experience in IT field—he had been employed as a programmer, an editor of the IT-newspaper and a technical trainer. He has been awarded with a number of technical certifications, for instance, Sun Certified Java Programmer and CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer+.
Research Interest
Investigate global climate changes, Experimental thermal maturation and chemical treatment, the trace element analysis of extracted algae, and further investigation of the natural affinity of an enigmatic Late Devonian fossil.
Publications
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Stable nitrogen isotope analysis of the Upper Devonian palynomorph, Tasmanites
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The dispersed spore Retusotriletes loboziakii sp. nov., affiliated with the enigmatic Late Devonian alga Protosalvinia Dawson 1884
