Studies small mammals for all of his life. Initiated numerous projects on the conservation of small mammals in Eastern Europe. Advocates for the protection of small mammals — often underprotected and unnoticed animals in our ecosystems. Priority species include Sicista, Spalax, Spermophilus, Cricetus, Ellobius and more.

His main passion is reptiles. He actively takes part in small mammal expeditions. He is a well-known data manager, preparing valuable datasets to GBIF.

Expert on biostatistics, mathematical analysis, evolutionary studies and morphology. She can do almost anything we could ever dream of making in R. Teaches PhD students statistics. Participated in numerous field expeditions to study and protect small mammals in Ukraine, Moldova and beyond.

Conducts long-term monitoring of bats in underground hibernation sites and acoustic monitoring of bat activity. Collects and analyzes owl pellets to document small mammal diversity in protected areas. Mykhailo organized monitoring of the hazel dormouse. His main region of interest is Podillia (Western Ukraine).

Oleksandr takes active part in study of small mammals in Southern Ukraine. Within our team he actively works within birch mice projects, suslik and hamster projects. He is a member of Rewilding Europe and together we do rewilding of hamsters in Odesa Region of Ukraine.

Runs a project on the restoration of natural grassland ecosystems on the Kasova Hora in Ivano-Frankivsk Region. As a part of our team, he is passionate about restoring susliks in Kasova Hora. Currently Volodymyr serves in the Armed forces of Ukraine.

Anna currently studies biology at the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University. She works at the European hamster breeding facility, keeping everything running. She also takes part in field expeditions to study small mammals.

Oleksandr studies zoology at the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University. He actively takes part in our expeditions.

Dmytro volunteered in many of our expeditions, providing invaluable help during both the fieldwork, and providing excellent video and photo footage of our work in the field, including hamster release, sousliks, birch mice and many more. Currently Dmytro is serving in the Armed forces of Ukraine fighting against Russian invasion.

She actively takes part in field expeditions to survey small mammals. Leads her own NGO "Green initiatives of the communities".