Engelbrecht-Zenkina Zofya Valeryevna– born in Tomsk, Assistant Professor at the Department of Natural Resources Economics.

Education:
2003 – 2007 Tomsk Polytechnic University, Economic Engineering Department, Bachelor degree in the field   “Economics” (diploma with honors)
2007 – 2009 Tomsk Polytechnic University, Economic Engineering Department, Master Degree in the field “Economics” (diploma with honors). Master thesis: “Special Economic Zone Development in Russia and Germany” (in terms of Tomsk Technical Development Zone and Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan Region”)
2010 - 2013 Tomsk Polytechnic University, Department of Natural Resources Economics, Post Graduate program (specialty 08.00.05.)
2008 – 2009 Training/ Internship at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Working Experience:
2010 – 2015 Assistant Professor at the Department of Natural Resources Economics, Institute of Natural Resources, TPU
Research experience:
2011 -2012 Internship at Darmstadt University of Technology (Germany), Department of Clusters Management and Price Determination (in the framework of the Presidential Program, Russia)
2013 - 2014 Scientific research of innovation activity of Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan Region and Tomsk Special Economic Zone

Academic interests:
Researches in the field of innovative economy, innovative infrastructure of special economic zones, clusterization of regional economy. The main tasks of the research are disclosure the causes of the law-level innovation production in Russian economy, determination of ways of the transition to the innovative, hi-tech development.

Awards:
1st Degree Diploma for the paper “German Metropolitan Regions”, International Scientific Symposium of Students and Young Scientists in Honor of Academician M.A. Usov.
1st Degree Diploma for the Best Research Paper at All-Russia Science Festival in the field of “Economy of mineral and hydrocarbon materials”
Certificate for the active participation in preparation to the XIII University Contest-Olympiad “Heroic deeds of the Russian youth in the World War II”