Yaroslav Vasyliovych Stepaniuk

Academic Degree – Candidate of Biological Sciences.

Yaroslav Stepaniuk

Academic Title – Associate Professor.

Position – Head of the Department of Histology and Medical Biology.

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EDUCATION

2004 – Candidate of Biological Sciences in the specialty "14.03.01 – Normal Anatomy," I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical Academy (Ternopil, Ukraine).
2000 – Master's degree in Biology, Faculty of Biology, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University (Lutsk, Ukraine).

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Since 2022 – Professor and Head of the Department of Histology and Medical Biology.
Since 2020 – Head of the Department of Histology and Medical Biology at the Faculty of Medicine.
2019-2020 – Acting Dean of the Medical and Biological Faculty until a permanent appointment.
2006-2019 – Associate Professor at the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology.
2004-2006 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
• Principles of Biostatistics
• Medical Biology

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, AWARDS, MEMBERSHIP

Awards:

• 2024 – Letter of Gratitude from the Department of Education and Science of the Volyn Regional State Administration
• 2021 – Letter of Gratitude from the Department of Education and Science of the Volyn Regional State Administration
• 2020 – Certificate of Honor from the Rector for significant personal contribution to the development of educational traditions in Volyn, training of qualified specialists, many years of fruitful pedagogical activity, professionalism, and on the occasion of the Education Workers' Day.
• 2020 – 3rd place diploma in the scientific photo competition "Wiki Science Competition 2020 in Ukraine"
• 2019 – 1st place diploma in the scientific photo competition "Wiki Science Competition 2019 in Ukraine"
• 2017 – 2nd place diploma in the scientific photo competition "Wiki Science Competition 2017 in Ukraine"
• 2016 – 2nd place diploma in the scientific photo competition "Wiki Science Competition 2016 in Ukraine"
• 2013 – Letter of Gratitude from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Membership in Scientific Societies:

• All-Ukrainian Public Organization "Scientific Society of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists, and Topographic Anatomists of Ukraine"
• International Federation of Association of Anatomists (IFAA)
• Member of the Scientific Council Section (Section 15: Biology, Biotechnology, and Current Issues of Medical Sciences) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
• Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "Notes on Current Biology."
• Principal Investigator of the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information (UkrINTEI) R&D project "Morphogenesis of the Olfactory Organ in Vertebrates" (0120U101676).

Scientific Research Work with Members of the National Center "Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine":

• 3rd place in the 3rd stage of the All-Ukrainian competition-defense of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Sofiia Oiovych, 10th-grade student of Lutsk Lyceum No. 21 named after Mykhailo Kravchuk) (2024).
• Sofiia Oiovych from Lutsk Lyceum No. 21 named after Mykhailo Kravchuk won second place at the international competition "International Innovation Show 'INOVA – 2024'" – invention exhibition.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

• Neurohistology
• Morphogenesis of distance receptors
• Comparative morphology

GRANT ACTIVITIES

• Project manager of No. PLUA.02.01-IP.01-0119/23 "Health Bridges: Creating a Cross-Border Telemedicine Diagnostic and Therapeutic Platform for Doctors and Patients." Interreg NEXT Program "Poland – Ukraine 2021–2027."
• Head of the scientific project No. III-52-21 "Formation of complex highly integrated structures in the evolution and ontogeny of animals.” State registration number 0121U100334 (2021–2024).
• Publication grant in The Anatomical Record journal and travel grant for the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (Cairns, Australia, July 28 – August 1, 2023).
• 2013-2015 – Head of the state research project "Morphogenesis features of peripheral and central parts of the olfactory analyzer and adjacent head structures" (0113U002219).
• 2011 – Gans Collections and Charitable Fund travel grant for the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (Washington) (together with graduate student V. Hrubyi).
• 2010-2020 – Head of the state research project "Evolutionary and morphological aspects of ontogenesis variability and diversity of vertebrate life forms" (0106U000268).
• 2008 – Presidential grant of Ukraine to support young scientists' research "Study of morphogenesis of the vomeronasal organ and olfactory epithelium in amphibians" (GP/F26/0193).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Publications in scientific journals indexed in Scopus or Web of Science:

1. Nozdrenko D. M., Gonchar O. O., Nurishchenko N. E., Stetska V. O., Matviienko T. Yu., Stepanyuk Ya. V., Bogutska K. I., Prylutskyy Yu. I. C(60) fullerene effect on the functional activity of rat gastrocnemius muscle during its regeneration after the open injury. Ukrainian Biochemical Journal. 2024. Vol. 96. Is. 6. P. 74–81. [1]
2. Tytiuk, O.; Sapoznikov, О.; Tichý, F.; Kloučková, M.; Stepanyuk, Ya. Morphogenesis of olfactory organ of bushymouth catfish Ancistrus dolichopterus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) before switching to exogenous feeding. Zoological science. 2020, 37 (1), 14‒23. [2]
3. Tytiuk, O.; Yaryhin, O. M.; Stepanyuk, Y. New type of development of olfactory rosette of bushymouth catfish Ancistrus dolichopterus (Teleostei: Loricariidae). In Journal Of Morphology. NJ USA: WILEY. 2019, 280, P. 231. [3]
4. Tytiuk, O.; Stepanyuk, Ya.; Yaryhin, O. The influence of fixatives on the validity of histological preparations of olfactory organ in teleostei. Vestnik Zoologii. 2018, 52 (4), 553–556. [4]
5. Tytiuk, O.; Yaryhin, O.; Stepanyuk, Ya. Light microscopy of development of the olfactory organ of European weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis. Zoological science. 2018, 35 (2), 115‒122. [5]
6. Kovtun, M. F.; Stepanyuk, Ya. V. The development of olfactory organ of Lissotriton vulgaris (Amphibia, Caudata). Vestnik zoologii. 2015, 49 (6), 559–566. [6]

MONOGRAPHS

1. Teratological explanatory dictionary / Pikaliuk, V. S.; Antoniuk, O. P.; Kryvetskyi, V. V.; Shevchuk, T. Ya.; Shvarts, L. O.; Abramchuk, O. M.; Zhuravlov, O. A.; Motuziuk, O. P.; Poruchynskyi, A. I.; Synytsia, V. H.; Stepanyuk, Ya. V. – Lutsk: Vezha-Druk, 2019. – 584 p.

PATENTS

1. Method for determining the syntopy of the human vomeronasal organ: patent 50830 Ukraine: IPC A61B 5/00 (2006.01) / V. S. Pikaliuk, V. V. Bogdanov, Ya. V. Stepanyuk, O. P. Antoniuk; holder Bukovinian State Medical University. – applied on 23.12.2009; published on 25.06.2010, Bulletin No. 12. – 3 p.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Internship. Lutsk National Technical University, Department of Ecology (April 1–30, 2018, Certificate No. 164. Total 108 academic hours: 72 in-class and 36 independent work).

• Internship under the Educational Program for Doctors. France, Paris, clinical bases of René Descartes University and Denis Diderot University (April 28 – May 7, 2018, Certificate No. 002885. Total 72 academic hours).

• Scientific-practical seminar "Use of Information Technologies in Teaching Natural and Mathematical Subjects." Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University (May 30 – June 12, 2019, Certificate No. 511/19. Total 108 hours: 56 lectures, 26 practical, 26 independent work).

• Seminar "E-learning and University Management: Office 365." Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University (March 6 – May 8, 2020, Certificate No. 606/20. Total 54 hours: 36 joint classroom hours).

• Scientific-practical seminar "Use of Information Technologies in Teaching Natural and Mathematical Subjects." Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University (May 29 – June 12, 2020, Certificate No. 692/20. Total 108 hours).

• Internship under the Educational Program for Doctors. ASFUDS with the support of the World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Societies (October 26–29, 2020, Certificate No. 003915/149/online. Total 72 hours).

• National scientific conference "Modern Resources for Effective Learning." NGO "RUH Education." (June 19–20, 2021, Certificate No. 3110922770224. 6 hours (0.2 ECTS credits)).

• Scientific-practical seminar "Information Technologies in Science and Education." Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (May 31 – June 13, 2021, Certificate No. 214/21. Total 108 hours).

• Internship. Kharkiv National Medical University (June 14 – 29, 2021, Certificate No. 01896866/000054-21. 60 hours (2 ECTS credits), subject: "Modern Teaching Methods in Higher Medical Education. Histology, Cytology, Embryology").

• Scientific-practical conference "Innovative Technologies and Methods in Pathomorphological Practice." (October 22, 2021, 6 hours).

• Competency-based e-learning and university management. Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (May 18 – October 31, 2021, Certificate No. 861 n/s from November 1, 2021. 36 classroom hours).

• Seminar "E-learning: Organization of the Educational Process (electronic course of a study discipline)." Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (September 1 – 30, 2022, Certificate АС 0120 502. Total 30 hours).

• First international conference "Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2022." Online (October 27–28, 2022, Certificate. Total 6 hours).

• Seminar "Blended Learning: Organization of the Educational Process." Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (November 16 – December 14, 2023, Certificate АС 2023-55196. Total 30 hours).

• Advanced training course under the educational and professional program "Heads of Departments and Structural Units of Universities, Academies, Institutes." National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (March 25 – October 25, 2024, Certificate СП 35830447/2518-24. Total 180 hours (6 ECTS credits)).

• 20th Scientific Congress of the World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Societies. (October 24–26, 2024, Certificate №MF_00320/24. Total 18 hours (0.6 ECTS credits)).

CONTACT INFORMATION

Lutsk, Bankova Street, 9, Building C, 3rd floor (office 324a)

e-mail: Stepanyuk.Yaroslav@vnu.edu.ua