DSc in Biology (Soil Science)

President of the Society of soil scientists and land managers of Bukovyna “Terra”. Member of the International Society for Geomorphometry (ISG). Member of the Ukrainian Soil Partnership and the Society of Soil Scientists and Agrochemists of Ukraine.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research scientist at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice [ 19 Sep 2022 – Current]

City: Košice

Country: Slovakia

Analysis and geographic distribution of soils and their fertility, modeling and spatial prediction of soil properties. Research and teaching geoinformatics methods, digital terrain models, in-situ measurements of soil properties and multispectral satellite remote sensing data.

Professor of the department of ecology and general biological disciplines

Podilskyi State University [ 2022 – 2022]

City: Kamianets-Podilskyi

Country: Ukraine

Teaching: GIS in soil science/agriculture; Digital soil mapping; Remote sensing of the Earth in the study of agricultural resources; Erosion science

Soil scientist

EOS Data Analytics [ 1 Feb 2018 – Current]

City: Mountain View, California

Country: United States

Digital soil mapping, Soil database creating, Soil organic Carbon modelling, Modeling of soil degradation processes, Research, Consulting.

GIS Analyst on soil data mapping

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [ 7 May 2021 – 30 June 2023]

City: Kyiv

Country: Ukraine

Provide support in the processing and downloading of the soil maps and other relevant maps required; organize the training on the soil data standardization and digital soil mapping, including mapping of soil organic carbon, SOC sequestration potential; support the consolidation of the soil profile and agro-chemistry data with further mapping; provide a recommendation on developing the map of carbons sequestration by the different scenarios of land management.

Associate Professor at Department of Agrotechnology and Soil Science

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 2015 – Current]

City: Chernivtsi

Country: Ukraine

Тeaching: GIS in Soil Science, Digital Soil Mapping

Associate Professor at Department of Soil Science and Department of Land Management and Cadastre

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 3 Sep 2012 – 31 Aug 2015]

Address: Chernivtsi

Тeaching: Topography of soil cover and basic of geomorphology, Expert monetary valuation of land

Associate Professor at Department of Land Management and Cadastre

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 1 Sep 2009 – 2 Sep 2012]

Address: Chernivtsi

Тeaching: Land use and land management, System of fertilizer

Associate Professor at Department of Soil Science and Land Management

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 3 May 2006 – 31 Aug 2009]

Address: Chernivtsi

Тeaching: Agrochemical service, Soil Inventory

Assistant Professor at Department of Soil Science and Land Management

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 1 Nov 2001 – 2 May 2006]

Address: Chernivtsi

Тeaching: Agricultural consulting, Programming and forecasting yields

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Certificate of EXACT V. 9: A tool to evaluate the carbon balance of projects and policies in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [ 19 Apr 2021 – 23 Apr 2021]

Address: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome (Italy)

Certificate of Regional Training for Modelling and Mapping Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Sequestration Potential in EURASIA (FAO)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [ 16 Nov 2020 – 20 Nov 2020]

Address: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome (Italy)

DSc in Biology (Soil Science)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 10 Apr 2019]

Address: Chernivtsi

Main subjects: Digital elevation models in soil science: theoretical and methodological foundations and practical use

PhD in Biology (Soil Science)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University [ 20 Nov 2001]

Address: Chernivtsi

Main subjects: Substantiation of agroecological conformity of models of soil fertility and their factors to the crop’s requirements

MSc in Agrochemistry and Soil Science (with honors)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi State University [ 19 Jun 1998]

Address: Chernivtsi

Main subjects: agrochemistry and soil science

Junior Specialist (AS) in Agronomy (with honors)

Zalishchyky agricultural technical college [ 26 Jun 1993]

Address: Zalishchyky, Ternopil region

Main subjects: agronomy and agrochemistry

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): Ukrainian/Russian

Other language(s): English/ German/ Portugal/ Slovak/ Czech

DIGITAL SKILLS

Latex / оperating systems (Linux and Windows) / office suites (Microsoft Office, Libre/Open Office) / LinkedIn / Google Docs / GIS software (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, SAGA, GRASS) / communication and collaboration tools / programming (Python, bash, R)

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

List: multitasking / prioritizing / office management / coordinating and executing events

COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

List: excellent written and verbal communication / speaking in public / accepting and giving constructive feedback / friendliness / listening

JOB-RELATED SKILLS

List: teaching / critical thinking / problem solving / analytical abilities

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Commendation

Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine [ 2009]

Certificate of Merit

Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine [ 2010]

Certificate of Merit

Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Ukraine [ 2019]

PUBLICATIONS

A list of articles, conferences, textbooks, training manuals, methodological recommendations etc is found in the relevant scientific profiles

Scopus Researcher ID ORCID ResearchGate Google Scholar

PROJECTS

Acquisition geospatial information from lidar system, data processing, analysis and application on the agricultural landscapes examples

[ 16 May 2022 – 31 Aug 2022]

Stay at Institute of geography in Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovak Republic) within the framework of the Scholarship Programme UPJS4ResUA

Acquisition geospatial information from UAV lidar system, data processing and points cloud classification on the agricultural landscapes example

[ 2 May 2022 – 15 May 2022]

Stay at Institute of geography in Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovak Republic) within the framework of the ERASMUS+

Developing a system to monitor and management of natural and anthropogenic impacts to achieve a neutral level of soils degradation and optimization of the carbon dioxide sequestration process

[ 1 Feb 2022 – 30 Apr 2022]

The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the Support of Mobility of Students, PhD Students, University Teachers, Researchers and Artists at Institute of geography in Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Assessment of ecosystem services and associated risk factors on gradients of landscape conditions for sustainable development

[ 2021 – 2022]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.

Evaluation of soil carbon (SOC) sequestration potential of agro-ecosystems in a changing climate to achieve neutral degradation and sustainable management of soil resources

[ 2020 – 2022]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.

The theoretical bases of construction and applied aspects of application DEM for the purposes of soil science

[ 1 Sep 2016 – 30 Jun 2017]

The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the Support of Mobility of Students, PhD Students, University Teachers, Researchers and Artists at Institute of geography in Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Assessment of the qualitative status of soils of natural ecosystems and anthropogenic landscapes: parameters, methodology, modeling

[ 2015 – 2019]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.

Optimization of normative monetary evaluation of land settlements based on their spatial patterns

[ 2014 – 2014]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – chief executor. Project Status – the project was won but frozen due to the beginning of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Donbas.

Conceptual and methodological foundations for the use of digital terrain models to assess the chronological and spatial variability of soils

[ 2013 – 2015]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – chief executor.

Estimation of the current state and forecast of the dynamics of ecosystems of the western region of Ukraine on the basis of the evolution of their soil cover

[ 2010 – 2014]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.

To develop ecological, economic and legal bases of rational land use and evaluation of agricultural and non-agricultural lands outside settlements on the example of the Prut-Dniester interrivers and adjacent territories

[ 2010 – 2014]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.

To establish ecological-genetic, biogeochemical and economic principles of productivity management and diagnostics of soils of the Precarpathian and adjacent territories

[ 2006 – 2008]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.

To develop genetic, biogeochemical and agro-ecological bases of fertility management and mapping of Precarpathian soils and adjacent territories

[ 2002 – 2005]

Grant of the government of Ukraine. Status in the project – executor.