2003 - graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science of the St.Petersburg State University.
2003-2005 – PhD student at the Komarov Botanical Institute. Worked in the Botanical Museum 2005 – present – junior researcher in the Botanical Museum

Main fields of interest: morphology, anatomy (especially bark anatomy), and taxonomy of Apiales.

Scientific activities:
Russian Botanical society (RBO), member; International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA), member.

Current research: Comparative bark and wood anantomy of Araliaceae and Apiaceae.

Selected publications:
Kotina E.L., Medvedeva N.A. Stamen morphology of Lamiaceae and its taxonomic importance // 16th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. Frankfurt am Main, German. 2003. P.184
Kotina E.L., Oskolski A.A. Bark anatomy of New Caledonian Meryta (Araliaceae) // International Symposium on Wood Sciences. Montpellier, France. 2004. P.34-35.
Kotina E.L., Oskolski A.A. Bark anatomy of Meryta (Araliaceae) // XVII International Botanical Congress. Vienna, Austria. 2005. P. 304

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