Faculty of Plant Protection, Biotechnology and Ecology

V.F. Peresypkin Department of Phytopathology

ACADEMIC SUPERVISORS OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS


Olena Valentynivna Bashta

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor

Born in 1971 in Kyiv. In 1995, she graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Geography of M.P. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University with a degree in Biology and Geography. From 1995 to 1998, she worked as a biology teacher at Secondary School No. 116. From 1998 to 2001, she studied as a postgraduate student at the Department of Phytopathology of the National Agrarian University.

Since 2001, she has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Phytopathology.

In 2010, she defended her dissertation entitled “Mycobiota of the Winter Wheat Ear in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Ukraine and Its Antibiotic and Toxigenic Properties” in Specialty 06.01.11 – Phytopathology. Since 2011, she has held the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Phytopathology named after Academician V.F. Peresypkin.

As of 2021, she had authored more than 100 publications. She is a co-author of 5 standard curricula and 10 methodological guidelines, 3 textbooks, and 3 scientific and practical recommendations.

She teaches courses in General Mycology, Diseases of Medicinal Plants, Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Plant Resistance to Diseases, Mycotoxicology, Diseases of Edible Mushrooms, Diseases of Protective Forest Belts, and other disciplines for students of the Faculty of Plant Protection.

Her research focuses on fungal diseases of cereal crops and the antibiotic and toxigenic properties of disease-causing agents.


Dmytro Tarasovych Hentosh

Head of the Department, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor

Born in 1970 in the city of Sambir, Lviv Region. In 1990, he graduated from Vyshnia Agricultural College, specializing in Plant Protection. From April to August 1990, he worked as a plant protection agronomist at the “Myr” State Farm in Lviv Region. From 1990 to 1995, he studied at the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (later the Ukrainian State Agrarian University and the National Agrarian University), Faculty of Plant Protection. In 1995, he graduated from the Faculty of Plant Protection of the National Agrarian University. He began his professional career in 1995 as a trainee lecturer at the Department of Phytopathology. In 1996, he completed the full course of study under the international Ensminger Program at the Agricultural Technical School of Iowa State University.

Since 1997, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Phytopathology of the National Agrarian University. From 2001 to 2005, he pursued part-time postgraduate studies at the National Agrarian University. In 2008, he defended his Candidate’s dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Agricultural Sciences in Specialty 06.01.11 – Phytopathology. The title of his dissertation was “Root Rot of Peas, Forecasting Its Development, and Substantiation of Measures to Reduce Its Harmfulness in the Right-Bank Forest-Steppe Zone of Ukraine.”

Since 2009, he has been a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Phytopathology of the National Agrarian University, and since 2011, he has held the position of Associate Professor. In 2013, he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor.

From 1995 to 2003, he served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Plant Protection for administrative and economic affairs. From 2005 to September 2008 and from April 2009 to September 2010, he served as Acting Deputy Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Crop Production and Soil Science for sports and recreational activities. From October 2008 to March 2009, he served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Plant Protection for academic affairs.

As of 2021, he had published 140 publications, including 9 standard curricula and 14 methodological guidelines. He is the author of 1 monograph and a co-author of 3 scientific and practical recommendations and 3 textbooks, including 2 textbooks on Phytopathology for Bachelor’s students in Field 6.090101 – “Agronomy” at higher agricultural educational institutions of accreditation levels II–IV of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, as well as the textbook “Agricultural Phytopathology” for Bachelor’s students in Specialty 202 – “Plant Protection and Quarantine.” He is also the author of the textbook “Fundamentals of Scientific Research in Plant Protection,” approved by the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, for Bachelor’s students in Field 6.090105 – “Plant Protection,” Specialty “Plant Protection,” at higher educational institutions of accreditation levels II–IV of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.

He teaches courses in Fundamentals of Scientific Research in Plant Protection, Epidemiology of Plant Diseases, Phytopathology, and other disciplines.

His research focuses on studying factors used to forecast major barley diseases and substantiating environmentally safe measures to limit their development.


Myroslav Yosypovych Pikovskyi

Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor at the Department of Phytopathology named after Academician V.F. Peresypkin

Research Focus: studying the ecological and biological characteristics of fungi that cause diseases of agricultural crops and green spaces; identifying patterns in their distribution in agro- and urban phytocenoses; developing methods for the identification of necrotrophic pathogens and diagnosis of the diseases they cause; and investigating effective methods for controlling plant diseases.