Ivan Moisienko
Head of the Department of Botany, Doctor of Biological Sciences (2012), Professor (2014)
Teaching standard courses "Botany", special courses "Protection of the Plant World", "Reserve Phytosozology", "Reserve Business", "Fundamentals of Steppe Studies". Science interests: flora, systematics and geography of higher plants, vegetation and habitats of southern Ukraine; integrated conservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage of burial mounds, hillforts, old cemeteries, ramparts, etc.; protection of the plant world, reserve business, urban floristics, phytoinvasions, fragmentation and isolation of plant cover, systematics of Plumbaginaceae. Scientific achievements: over 300 scientific publications, including 14 monographs (co-authored), 70 publications in professional publications; 40 in English, including 15 in journals indexed in Scopus.
Zagorodnyuk Nataliya Volodymyrivna
Deputy Head of the Department, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department
Teaches the subjects "Plant Physiology", "Environmental Monitoring", elective subjects "Monitoring of Biological Diversity", "Morphobiological Features of Medicinal Plants". Scientific interests: bryology, biomonitoring, plant physiology, conservation, herbarium. Scientific achievements: over 100 scientific publications, including articles, abstracts, curricula and methodological developments.
Oleksandr Khodosovtsev
Doctor of Biological Sciences (2004), Professor (2006)
Laureate of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for Special Achievements in the Development of Ukraine (2006). Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine (2009). Teaches standard courses "Mycology", "Macroevolution and Macrosystems of the Organic World", "Phylogeny of the Organic World", "Methods of Cultivation of Fungi", "Microbiology", special course "Lichenology". Scientific interests: lichenology, mycology, conservation. Scientific achievements: over 300 scientific papers, including 15 monographs, textbooks and biology textbooks for secondary school, 55 works in English in leading world journals.
Ruslana Melnyk
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor
Teaching standard courses "Botany", "Ecology", "Geobotany", "Pharmaceutical Botany", as well as the special courses "Urban Floristics", "Folk Phytotherapy", "Environmental Science". Science interests: urban flora, adventive flora, plant ecology, plant protection. Scientific achievements: more than 170 scientific and methodological publications, including articles, textbooks, methodological recommendations and monographs.
Iryna Kartashova
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Teaching academic disciplines: "Didactics of Biology", "Methodology of Teaching Biology", "Methodology of Teaching Specialized Biological Disciplines in Higher Education Institutions", "Methodology of Teaching Specialized Environmental Disciplines in Higher Education Institutions", "Didactics of Ecology: Theory and Practice of Forming Ecological Culture". Science interests: problems of activating students' cognitive activity, methods of solving biological problems, diagnosing students' academic achievements in biology. Scientific achievements: over 100 scientific and methodological publications, textbooks, methodological recommendations and workbooks.
Дармостук Валерій Вікторович
PhD (Доктор філософії) Біологія, викладач кафедри ботаніки
Захистив дисертаційну роботу на тему «Ліхенофільні гриби степової зони України». Коло наукових інтересів включає молекулярну таксономію, різноманіття та поширення лишайників і ліхенофільних грибів Європи та Південної Америки, охорону природних біотопів та популяризацію науки через citizen-science. Автор понад 100 наукових та науково-методичних публікацій, серед яких понад 20 у міжнародних рецензованих виданнях.
Daineko Polina Mykhailivna
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) Biology, Teacher of the Department of Botany
Teaching the academic discipline "Biogeography", elective courses "Zerowaste: from theory to practice" and "Ecoskills: history, principles, approaches". Scientific interests: flora, plant protection, conservation, historical ecology, species richness of the Carpathian meadows, traditional agriculture. Scientific achievements: over 30 scientific and scientific-methodical publications, including monographs and teaching manuals.
Zakharova Marina Yaroslavivna
Lecturer of the Department
Dissertation research topic: "Rare phytodiversity of the Lower Dnieper Sands". Teaches seminars and practical classes in "Botany", "Reserve Affairs", "Biology", "Geobotany", "Plant Protection". Scientific interests: botany, geobotany, herbarium, rare plant species, plant protection. Scientific achievements: over 30 scientific works, including 2 monographs, professional publications and conference abstracts.
Gavrylenko Lyubov Mykolaivna
Candidate of Biological Sciences
Conducts laboratory and seminar classes in the courses "Microbiology and Virology", "Ecology". Graduated from the department. Scientific interests: microbiology, virology, lichenology, mycology, laboratory work. Since 2011, secretary of the Kherson branch of the UBT. Scientific achievements: 37 scientific publications, including articles in Ukrainian and English.
Borodina Natalia Valeriyevna
Senior laboratory assistant of the department, Secretary of the Department of Botany