Olena DEMYANYUK

Оlena DEMYANYUK

Deputy Director for Scientific Research

Main scientific interests: soil ecology, soil microbiology, soil biodiagnostics, food security in the context of climate change, environmental protection, ecological safety of agricultural production, product quality and safety.

Academic title: Corresponding Member of the National Academy
of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine • 15.10.2020 • in the field of agronomy
(Soil microbiology) • CH №0232

Academic degree: Doctor of Agricultural Sciences • 12 December 2017 • Specialisation: Ecology •

DD №007040

Candidate of Agricultural Sciences • 14 November 2001 • Specialisation
in agro-soil science and agrophysics • DK №012570

Academic title: Professor in the field of 101 Ecology

• 16.12.2019 • AP №001280

Senior Research Fellow in Ecology

• 10.03.2004 • AS №003566

Personal Info

Email: demolena@ukr.net

Phone: +380676801243 (UA)

Google Scholar Profile: Olena_Demyanyuk

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4134-9853

Scopus Author ID: 57214931378

Employment

2012 – present

Deputy Director for Scientific Research

Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, Kyiv, Ukraine

2004-2012

Scientific Secretary

Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, Kyiv, Ukraine

2002-2003

Senior Researcher, Soil Microorganisms Laboratory

Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of UAAS, Kyiv, Ukraine

Education

1994	Specialist Biotechnology Engineer Ukrainian State University of Food Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine

Projects

2022	Project №57653592 «Agroecology education as response to food crisis in Ukraine» DAAD
2020-2021	ProjectGCP/UKR/004/GFF «Integrated Natural Resources Management in Degraded Landscapes in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Ukraine (MSP)» FAO – project manager
2021	Competition within the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation «Assessment of soil microbiocenosis functioning under climate change conditions» «Horizon 2020» Ukraine
2021	Project 2021-07/UKR/AUNGO/05/AV00 «Plant for life» Yves Rocher Foundation, France
2020	Competition for projects on scientific research and development «Science for human and social security» «Improving the efficiency of the Mesorizobium ciceri – Cicer arietinum legume-rhizobial system in various soil and climatic conditions of Ukraine» National Research Fund of Ukraine, Ukraine
2016-2020	«Let’s green the planet together» Yves Rocher Foundation, France
2017	«Beauty for the benefit of the planet» Yves Rocher Ukraine, Ukraine

Professional development

13.11-06.12.2006	Internship «Soil Conservation and Water Resources Management in Agriculture» MASHAV-CINADCO, State of Israel
24.06-08.07.2007	Internship «The role of advisory services in stimulating socio-economic change in the Ukrainian countryside» Pomeranian Agricultural Advisory Center in Gdansk, Poland
05.07–29.07.2016	Advanced training «Ecological safety» State Ecological Academy of Postgraduate Education and Management of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Ukraine
06.08–17.08.2018	Advanced training «Innovations in the pedagogical process» Uman National University of Horticulture, Ukraine
02.04–03.05.2018	Advanced training «Use of MS Excel in mathematical and statistical research of environmental problems» Institute of Postgraduate Education of the National University of Food Technologies, Ukraine
04.02–15.02.2019	Advanced training «Management and use of natural resources» Kobe Gakuin University, Japan
02.07.2021	Advanced training «Field Farmers School Shelterbelts establishment, reconstruction and management» FАО, GEO
15.03–01.04.2021	Advanced training «Environmental engineering: tools for estimation and conservation of soil and water resources according to international standards» Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey
25.01–09.04.2021	Internship «Methodology of scientific research in the field of education, science, and innovation for sustainable development» Center for Innovation, Technical and Natural Knowledge Transfer in University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
24.01–29.04.2022	Internship «Modernization of higher education and science: paradigm of science and technologies innovative development» Center for Innovation, Technical and Natural Knowledge Transfer in University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
4.08–5.08. 2022	Advanced training Summer School Workshop. Genome Editing skills for Food Security & Environmental Sustainability (GEFSES). (McGill University (Montreal QC, Canada).

Scientific and public activities

Deputy Chairman of the Academic Council of the Institute of Agroecology and Nature Management of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Methodological Centre «Agroecology»

Deputy Chairman of the Specialised Academic Council D 26.371.01 in the field of 03.00.16 – «Ecology»

Chairman of the Methodological Commission of the Institute of Agroecology and Nature Management of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences

Vice-President of the All-Ukrainian Public Organisation «Association of Agroecologists of Ukraine»

Member of the editorial board of the scientific and theoretical publications «Agroecological Journal» and «Balanced Nature Management»

Member of the S.M. Vinogradsky Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine (SMU) and FEMS

Member of the All-Ukrainian Public Organisation «M.I. Vavilov Ukrainian Society of Geneticists and Breeders»

Member of the expert group of the Ministry of Economic Development’s invention support fund in the field of «Technological modernisation and development of the agro-industrial complex», expert at UkrINTEI

Member of the Ministry of Energy’s working group on the development of Ukraine’s second nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement (НВВ2);

Participation in national research programmes

03.00.06.01.F. ‘Develop scientific principles for assessing agricultural technologies based on biodagnostic indicators and measures to improve the ecological status of agrocenoses’ (DR No. 0111U001617, 2011−2015)
06.00.02.04.P. ‘Develop scientific and methodological foundations for optimising microbial communities in soils in agroecosystems’ (DR No. 0116U000744, 2016–2018)
06.00.03.02.F. ‘Develop scientific and methodological foundations for assessing soil biodiversity in agroecosystems using molecular and genetic methods’ (DR No. 0116U000743, 2016–2020)
06.00.02.04.P. ‘Develop scientific and methodological foundations for optimising microbial communities in soils in agroecosystems’ (DR No. 0116U000744, 2016–2018)
06.00.02.02.F. ‘Develop scientific and methodological foundations for biological safety of viruses in agroecosystems under climate change conditions’ (DR No. 0121U109050, 2021–2025)
06.00.02.03.F. ‘Develop scientific and methodological foundations for the balanced functioning of soil microbiocenosis in agroecosystems under climate change conditions’ (DR No. 0121U109053, 2021–2025)

Scientific publications

Author of 250 scientific publications, including 12 in publications included in the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus, co-author of 6 monographs, one textbook, 2 reference dictionaries, 2 teaching aids, 14 methodological recommendations, a national standard of Ukraine, and 2 patents for a utility model.

Symochko, L., Demyanyuk, O., & Coelho Pinheiro, M. (2025). Functional diversity of soil microbiomes in forest ecosystems and the spread of ESKAPE pathogens. EQA – International Journal of Environmental Quality, 67, 61–70. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/21065
Gumeniuk I., Levishko A., Sherstoboeva O., Shchetina S., Polunina O., Bondar, V., Demyanyuk O. (2025). Biological control of phytophages by different strains of Bacillus thuringiensis in apple orchards, Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology, 2025, 26(5), 1–12 https://doi.org/10.12912/27197050/202368
Zubov A., Zubova L., Zubov A., Demyanyuk O., Mudrak H. (2024). Assessment of the state of forest vegetation of waste dumps of coal mines in Ukraine. Biosystems Diversity, 32(3), 345-357. https://doi.org/10.15421/012437
Solokha, M., Demyanyuk, O., Symochko, L., Mazur, S., Vynokurova, N., Sementsova, K., & Mariychuk, R. (2024). Soil Degradation and Contamination Due to Armed Conflict in Ukraine. Land, 13(10), 1614. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101614
Demyanyuk, O., Symochko, L., Vlasenko, I., Kashtanova, T., & Blenda, A. (2024). Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges in Wartime – Ukrainian Perspective. Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal, 86(3), 88-105. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj86.03.088

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