Evgenia Matapova (TBI '91) completed her journalism degree in Russia and became a freelance journalist, writing on environmental issues, especially those affecting the Baikal region. She moved to California in 1996 and to Canada in 2003, and continues to write for Russian newspapers and magazines.

Alexei Grachev (TBI '94) graduated from Novosibirsk State University with a degree in Chemistry. He assisted TBI with annual limnological studies at Lake Baikal and recently received his doctorate decree in Paleoclimatology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California.

Jeremy Sokulsky (TBI '95) After TBI, Jeremy interned with the Irkutsk Limnological Institute near Lake Baikal. He then returned to the U.S. and moved to Lake Tahoe in 2000 to work for the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. He recently received his MBA from Stanford Business School, and is now working for GE Wind Energy.

Maxim Timofeev (TBI '96) received his Ph.D. in Aquatic Toxicology from Irkutsk State University and now has a position as an Assistant Professor in the Biological Department of Irkutsk State University. An active member of the TBI-Russia board and program committee, Maxim is involved with international ecological research on Lake Baikal and leads an invertebrate monitoring program.

Byamba Ayush (TBI '98 - Mongolia) After TBI, Byamba became a coordinator for TBI's first Mongolia project in 1999 and finished her Ph.D. in 2000. She is a science teacher at the Mongolian State Pedagogical University and co-author of a natural science school book.

Elyse Niemann (TBI '97) helped with a GIS project at Lake Baikal, run by the Sierra Biodiversity Institute. Back in the U.S. she received an M.A. in Resource Economics and worked for Forest Community Research, a California non-profit dedicated to promoting forest ecosystem health in conjunction with community well-being.

Kathy Schulz (TBI '99) Before participating in TBI, Kathy was a French teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as an intern for the Earth Island Institute. In 2002 she received a Master's degree in Ecosystem Management from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. She is currently an Interpretive Chief with Oregon State Parks, developing interpretive programs and training rangers.

Dana Kominkova (TBI '00 - Czech Republic) has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science focusing on heavy metals in river sediments. Dana teaches ecotoxicology at Prague Technical University, and in 2003 co-founded an environmental consulting firm.

Nurzat Abdyrasulova (TBI '02) is from the city of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. She has a degree in Ecology from the International University of Kyrgyzstan and completed a postgraduate program on Environmental Policy in Slovakia. She has founded her own environmental non-profit in Kyrgyzstan called Unison, which focuses on environmental education for children and protection of Kyrgyzstan's unique Lake Issykul.

Elena Lavrentieva (TBI '03) is continuing her research at the Institute of General and Experimental Biology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Ulan-Ude. She is currently working on a grant to study the utilization of microbes in the treatment of solid and liquid waste.