Research area:

morphology, taxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity of diatoms.

 

Membership in editorial boards, scientific communities, and other organizations:

assistant editor – scientific journal Biologiya vnutrennikh vod.

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Kezlya E., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Y., Genkal S., Tseplik N., Kulikovskiy M. Morphological variability amid genetic homogeneity and vice versa: A complicated case with Humidophila (Bacillariophyceae) from tropical forest soils of Vietnam with the description of four new species. Plants, 2025, vol. 14, iss. 7, art. no. 1069 (41 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14071069

 

Kotkova V. M., Afonina O. M., Belyakov E. A., Bobokalonov K. A., Bolsun I. M., Davydov E. A., Doroshina G. Ya., Dyachenko A. P., Erokhina O. V., Filippova N. V., Genkal S. I., Golubkov V. V., Gorbunova I. A., Goskova S. M., Himelbrant D. E., Ivchenko T. G., Kapitonov V. I., Khetagurov Kh. М., Kipriyanova L. M., Makryi T. V., Maksimov A. I., Mongush Ch. B., Moroz E. L., Moseev D. S., Nikolayev I. А., Norkulov M. M., Notov A. A., Plikina N. V., Popova N. N., Romanov R. E., Safronova T. V., Shadrina S. N., Smirnova L. Ya., Smirnova M. A., Stepanchikova I. S., Storozhenko Yu. V., Tsurykau A. G., Vaishlya O. B., Vilk E. F., Vishnyakov V. S., Vlasenko A. V., Vlasenko V. A., Vorzheva V. V., Yakovchenko L. S. New cryptogamic records. 15. Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii, 2025, vol. 59, pt 1, pp. R1–R26. https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2025.59.1.R1

 

Tseplik N., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Y., Genkal S., Iurmanov A., Kulikovskiy M. Molecular and morphological investigation of Sellaphora ashinovii sp. nov. and Planothidium paisiusii sp. nov. – two new diatom species from Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Phytotaxa, 2025, vol. 701, no. 2, pp. 161–176. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.701.2.3

 

Tseplik N., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Y., Genkal S., Nergui S., Kulikovskiy M. Molecular investigation of Nupela mongolica sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) with the description of the family Nupelaceae fam. nov. Phytotaxa, 2025, vol. 681, no. 2, pp. 186–198. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.681.2.4

 

Genkal S. I., Gabyshev V. A. Buryatia strelnikovae (Bacillariophyta), a new species of diatoms for science. Inland Water Biology, 2024, vol. 17, iss. 3, pp. 501–505. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082924700147

 

Mironov A., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Ye., Genkal S., Kuznetsova I., Kociolek J. P., Liu Ya., Kulikovskiy M. Reassessment of pore occlusion in some diatom taxa with re-evaluation of Placoneis Mereschkowsky (Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales) and description of two new genera. PeerJ, 2024, vol. 12, art. no. e17278 (62 p.). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17278

 

Genkal S. I., Komulaynen S. F., Gololobova M. A. Observation of the morphology of Fragilaria pararumpens (Bacillariophyta), a rare diatom species for the Russia. Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii, 2024, vol. 58, pt 2, pp. A1–A18. https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2024.58.2.A1

 

Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A. M., Genkal S. I., Kuznetsova I. V., Maltsev Ye. I., Kociolek J. P. Is Sellaphora the new Navicula? Cymbosellaphora (Cymbellales), a new genus based on taxa previously assigned to Sellaphora. Plants, 2023, vol. 12, iss. 22, art. no. 3890 (18 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12223890

 

Barinova S., Gabyshev V., Genkal S., Gabysheva O. Diatoms of small water bodies as bioindicators in the assessment of climatic and anthropogenic impacts on the coast of Tiksi Bay, Russian Arctic. Water, 2023, vol. 15, iss. 8, art. no. 1533 (44 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081533

 

Genkal S. I. New representative of the genus Aulacoseira (Bacillariophyta) from Chukotka (Russia). Inland Water Biology, 2023, vol. 16, iss. 1, pp. 136–138. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923010042

 

Genkal S. I., Mitrofanova E. Yu. Stephanocostis chantaicus (Bacillariophyta), a rare species for Russia (morphology, ecology, distribution). International Journal on Algae, 2023, vol. 25, iss. 1, pp. 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1615/InterJAlgae.v25.i1.30

 

Genkal S. I., Okhapkin A. G., Vodeneeva E. L. Planktonic centric diatoms (Bacillariophyta, Coscinodiscaceae) of the Cheboksary Reservoir, Russia. Inland Water Biology, 2022, vol. 15, iss. 6, pp. 750–759. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082922060037

 

Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A. M., Genkal S. I., Kuznetsova I. V., Kociolek J. P. Revision of monoraphid diatom genus Platessa with description of Platesiberia gen. nov. from ancient Lake Baikal. Water, 2022, vol. 14, iss. 19, art. no. 2957 (14 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w14192957

 

Kezlya E., Maltsev Ye., Genkal S., Krivova Z., Kulikovskiy M. Phylogeny and fatty acid profiles of new Pinnularia (Bacillariophyta) species from soils of Vietnam. Cells, 2022, vol. 11, iss. 15, art. no. 2446 (31 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11152446

 

Glushchenko A., Kezlya E., Maltsev Ye., Genkal S., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M. Description of the soil diatom Sellaphora terrestris sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae, Sellaphoraceae) from Vietnam, with remarks on the phylogeny and taxonomy of Sellaphora and systematic position of microcostatus. Plants, 2022, vol. 11, iss. 16, art. no. 2148 (22 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162148

 

Kezlya E., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Ye., Gusev E., Genkal S., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M. Three new species of Placoneis Mereschkowsky (Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales) with comments on cryptic diversity in the P. elginensis—group. Water, 2021, vol. 13, iss. 22, art. no. 3276 (21 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223276

 

Genkal S. I., Gabyshev V. A. Broadening the taxonomic composition of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) in the flora of the Lena River (streams of the western slope of the Kharaulakh Range, Yakutia). Inland Water Biology, 2021, vol. 14, iss. 4, pp. 349–356. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082921040064

 

Genkal S. I., Komulaynen S. F. To the morphology and taxonomy of Meridion circulare (Bacillariophyta). Botanicheskii zhurnal, 2021, vol. 106, no. 11, pp. 1043–1049. https://doi.org/10.31857/S000681362111003X