Draft:Maxim Lazarev

Maxim Alexandrovich Lazarev (Максим Александрович Лазарев; born 28 June 1985, Volgograd) - Russian educator and entomologist, is engaged in research and teaching activities. Specialist in longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae). PhD in Pedagogy (2013), Professor of the Russian Academy of Natural History (2021). Corresponding member of the Moscow Society of Naturalists of the Zoology (Entomology) section (2005).

Biography
Born in Volgograd in 1985. Graduated with honors from the Medical College of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (2004). In 2010 he graduated with honors from the Master's program of the Faculty of Biology and Chemistry of the Moscow State Pedagogical University (2010). He worked as a researcher at the Institute of Art Education of the Russian Academy of Education (2011-2015), where he defended his PhD thesis without a supervisor on the topic “The development of artistic culture in the professional development of a modern teacher” (2013). He headed the department of "Pedagogy and Psychology" at the International Academy of Education (2015-2017). One year later, he became the head of the research department at the Chekhov Technical School (Moscow Region, 2018-2019). Since 2019, he has been working as a chief specialist in the Free Economic Society of Russia in the Department of Science and All-Russian Projects. Over the years, he was the editor-in-chief of various scientific journals: Humanity space. International almanac (since 2012) ; Pedagogy of arts (2011-2015) ; Worldview in the XXI century (2018-2019).

Awards

 * Certificate of honor from the Ministry of Culture of North Ossetia-Alania (July 16, 2020, No. 171)
 * Certificate of honor from the Ministry of Economic Development of North Ossetia-Alania (July 2, 2023, No. 42)
 * Gratitude from the Ministry of Culture of North Ossetia-Alania (May 22, 2023, No. 196)
 * Certificate of honor from the Ministry of North Ossetia-Alania for National Policy and External Relations (May 10, 2023 No. 491)
 * Gratitude from the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (September 25, 2023, No. 62/2ls)
 * Certificate of honor from the Public Chamber of the Novosibirsk Region (2024)
 * Commemorative badge “Vladikavkaz – City of Military Glory” (July, 2024, No. 632)

Publications (partial sample)
Author of more than 200 scientific publications and more than 10 monographs, including
 * Lazarev, M.A. 2020. A revision of subspecies structure of Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) scabricolle (Dalman, 1817) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Moscow: International Academy of Education. 100 pp. ISBN 978-5-6042494-0-6.  Wikisource
 * Lazarev M.A. 2019. Continuing artistic education in Russia at the present stage: problems and prospects. In 2 v. Volume 2. M.: IAE, 2019. 124 pp ISBN 978-5-6042494-9-9
 * Lazarev M.A., Podvoysky V.P., Laskin A.A. 2018. Professional deformation of chief: monograph / Edited by V.P. Podvoysky. Novyy Byt: SBPEI MR «Chekhov technical college». 160 pp. ISBN 978-5-6040553-4-2
 * Lazarev М.А. 2016. The art culture’s formation in modern teacher’s professional development. Monograph. Moscow: IAE; Daugavpils: DU. 180 pp. ISBN 978-5-9907401-3-6

The author has published in the following magazines: Zootaxa, Annales Zoologici Fennici, Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, Entomological Review, ''Humanity space. International almanac, Lambillionea, Munis Entomology & Zoology, Pedagogical Scientific Journal, Scientific works of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Pedagogical Review'', etc.

Some taxa dedicated to Lazarev

 * Brachyta punctata lazarevi Danilevsky, 2014, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), North Korea, Gô-Sui [about 41°14′N 128°52′E].
 * Callimetopus lazarevi Barševskis, 2015, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Philippines: Mindanao Isl., Mt. Apo.
 * Xylotrechus arvicola lazarevi Danilevsky, 2016, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Russia, Krasnodar Region, Ubinskoe (about 150 m, 44°44′N 38°32′E).

Some taxa named by Lazarev
Partial list
 * Jordanoleiopus annae Lazarev & Skrylnyk, 2023, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), S Oman.
 * Neoplagionotus bednariki Lazarev, 2022, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Turkey.
 * Purpuricenus skypetarum zinaidae Lazarev, 2020, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Turkey.
 * Erythrotes Lazarev, 2020, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), type species: Erythrotes murzini Lazarev, 2020, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), China, Sichuan Province.
 * Paratetrops Lazarev, 2024, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), type species: Paratetrops warnckei (Holzschuh), 1977, longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Akseki (Toros Mts.) in South Turkey.
 * Phytoecia heinzi Lazarev, 2019, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
 * Phytoecia pashtunica Lazarev, 2019, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Afganistan, Bamian province.
 * Agapanthia danilevskyi Lazarev, 2013, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), South Kazakhstan.
 * Dorcadion shushense Lazarev, 2010, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Surroundings of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh.
 * Dorcadion megriense Lazarev, 2009, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Armenia, Megri ridge.
 * Dorcadion sisianense Lazarev, 2009, a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), Armenia, Sisian Pass.

Collections
The Lazarev collection is currently kept in private hands. The collection is represented mainly by the world fauna of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), and contains a large amount of type material of holotypes and paratypes. A large number of other families are also represented: Scarabaeidae, Curculionidae, Buprestidae, Carabinae.