Научные интересы

Биоразнообразие, систематика и молекулярная филогения высших растений и зеленых стрептофитных водорослей.

Научные публикации

•‎ Cheng, S. Xian, W., Fu, Y., Marin, B., Keller, J., Wu, T. Sun, W., Li, X., Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wittek, S., Reder, T., Günther, G.,Gontcharov, A., Wang, S., Li, L., Liu, X., Wang, J., Yang, H., Xu, X., Delaux, P.M., Melkonian, B., Wong, G.K., Melkonian, M. 2019. Genomes of subaerial Zygnematophyceae provide insights into land plant evolution. Cell 179: 1057–1067. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.019.
•‎ Gontcharov A. A., Marin B., Melkonian M. Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta). Mol. Biol. Evol. 2004. Vol. 21. P. 612-624. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh052.
•‎ Gontcharov A. A., Marin B., Melkonian M. Molecular phylogeny of conjugating green algae (Zygnemophyceae, Streptophyta) inferred from SSU rDNA sequence comparisons. J. Mol. Evol. 2003. Vol. 56. P. 89-104. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2383-4.
•‎ Itskovich V., Gontcharov A., Masuda Y., Nohno T., Belikov S., Efremova S., Meixner M., Janussen D. 2008. Ribosomal ITS sequences allow resolution of freshwater sponge phylogeny with alignments guided by secondary structure prediction. J. Mol. Evol. 67: 608 - 620. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9158-5.
•‎ Gontcharov A. A., Melkonian M. M. 2011. A study of conflict between molecular phylogeny and taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): analyses of 291 rbcL sequences. Protist 162(2): 253-267. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.08.003.
•‎ Gontcharov, A.A., Melkonian, M. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs and related genera (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) based on coding and noncoding rdna sequence comparisons. J. Phycol. 41 (4) , pp.887-899. DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2005.04165.x.
•‎ Gontcharova S.B., Gontcharov A. A., Yakubov V.V., Kondo K. 2009. Seed surface morphology in some representatives of the genus Rhodiola sect. Rhodiola (Crassulaceae) in the Russian Far East. Flora 204: 17-24. DOI:10.1016/J.FLORA.2008.01.009.
•‎ Gontcharov A. A. 2008. Phylogeny and classification of Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta): current state of affairs. Fottea 8(2): 87-104. DOI: 10.5507/fot.2008.004.
•‎ Gontcharov A. A., Melkonian M.. 2008. In search of monophyletic taxa in the family Desmidiaceae (Zygnematophyceae, Viridiplantae): the genus Cosmarium. Amer. J. Bot. 95(9): 1079-1095. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800046.
•‎ Copilas-Ciocianu D., Sidorov D., Gontcharov A. 2019. Adrift across tectonic plates: molecular phylogenetics supports the ancient Laurasian origin of old limnic crangonyctid amphipods. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19(2): 191-207. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00401-7.

Премии и награды

Почётное звание «Почётный работник науки и высоких технологий Российской Федерации», 2021 г.

Персональные профили исследователя

•‎ Web of Science: AAR-1746-2020.
•‎ ORCID: 0000-0003-2918-730X.