Mitrofanenko Tamara, Mag.

Tel: +43 680 21 62 887
Email: tamara.mitrofanenko(at)students.boku.ac.at
PhD-project

Education

since October 2011
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Doctoral programme within the Doctoral School for Sustainable Development

2010 und 2011
Forum Alpbach, Austria
Seminar Certificates
Water and Soil under Pressure, Human Habitats (2011)
Economic theory and economic policy in crisis, Social Entrepreneurship (2010)

2005-2007
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Bard Center for Environmental Policy
Master of Science in Environmental Policy
Diploma
“The Role of Environment and Security in the Frozen Conflict Areas of the Southern Caucasus”

2006
United Nations Environment Programme / Universität Genf, Schweiz
Environmental Diplomacy Course
Certificate of Attendance

2002-2005
Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX, USA
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science
Minors: Chemistry, Mathematics
Honors Thesis
“Adapting MicroLab Model 402 Environmental Interface to In-situ Monitoring of the Algal Content of the Water Bodies”

2000-2002
Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta, Iowa, USA
Associate of Arts degree

 

Working experience

since October 2011
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Doctoral School Sustainable Development
PhD-candidate
project title: “Knowledge integration and learning as factors in sustainable development of the rural mountainous areas: transferability to the Carpathians and the Northern Caucasus”

since November 2010
Zoi Environment Network
Consultant

since 2007
United Nations Environment Programme – Vienna Office, Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention
Consultant
Specialized in Education for Sustainable Development, tourism development and Caucasus Mountain Cooperation

2007
United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Europe/GRID-Arendal
Consultant

2006
United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Europe/GRID-Arendal
Intern
Supporting the Environment and Security Initiative – the South Caucasus

2003-2005
Texas A&M University, Commerce, USA
Chemistry department
Research Assistant
Research topic: Performing separations using size-exclusion chromatography