EDUCATION

Associate Professor, 2007.

DSc, Pharmacy 15.00.02 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine, 2021.

DSc thesis: Pharmacognostic investigation of representatives of the Nepetoideae Burnett. subfamily of the Lamiaceae Martinov family as a sourсе of herbal medicinal products.

PhD, Biology (Botany), Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National Univesity, Ukraine, 2002.

PhD thesis: Reproductive Biology of Species of Salix Genus  (in the Condition of Western Podillya).

Master's Degree (Pharmacy), National University of Pharmacy, Ukraine, 2006.

Master's Degree (Biology and Chemistry), University Diploma with Honours, Ternopil State Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine, 1996. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

• phytochemical analysis of unofficial medicinal plants from the Lamiaceae family, as well as the Artemisia and Nigella genera;

• determining quality indicators for plant raw materials and medicinal products developed from them, as well as performing macro- and microscopic studies of plants;

• examining how the pharmacological activity of the developed phytosubstances depends onthe composition of their predominant components, both in vitro and in vivo.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

•  Chief Editor of Scientific Journal "Pharmaceutical Review" (Ukraine);

•  Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Current Bioactive Compounds" (United Arab Emirates, Q2 in Scopus);

•  Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology" (India, Q2 in Scopus);

•  Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal" (India, Q4 in Scopus);

• Member of the Ukrainian Botanical Society;

• Member of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE);

• Participation in the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (Mobility of higher education students and staff), Silesian Medical School in Katowice (Poland), 2024;

• During 2018–2025, several scientific internships were completed in Poland: in the laboratories of the Department of Pharmacy and Ecological Chemistry of Opole University (Opole University, Poland), as well as at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany of the Wroclaw Medical University (Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland);

• Participated in numerous international scientific conferences, presenting posters or giving oral presentations: Nitra, Slovak Republic, 2015 y.; Wroclaw, Poland, 15–17 Sept. 2016 y.; Lublin, Poland, 21–24 June 2017 у.; Kaunas, Lithuania (2019-2023 years); Opole, Poland, June 23-27, 2021; Thessaloniki, Greece, August 28-31, 2022; Kraków, Poland, July 13-17, 2024, etc. 

• The total number of published scientific works exceeds 200, including 65 articles in journals indexed by the Scopus database (h-index = 25).