EDUCATION 

Associate Professor 2021. 

PhD, Medicine (Microbiology), Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2008.

PhD thesis: The Burn Wound Microbiocenosis and its Correction by A-bacterin.

MD (General Medicine), University Diploma with highest honors, Ternopil State Medical Academy, Ukraine, 2003.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

• burn wound microflora;

• antibiotic sensitivity of microorganisms;

• bacterial endospore inactivation by ohmic heating;

• gaseous ozone treatment of fresh produce for inactivation of E. coli O157: H7;

• combination of ultrasonic treatment and high hydrostatic pressure for inactivation of Listeria.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• member of the S.M.Vynohradsky Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine;

• member of the American Society for Microbiology;

• member of the Institute of the Food Technologists;

• member of the Society of Food Engineering.