Mariia Oleksandrivna Zinchenko

Zinchenko Mariia Oleksandrivna

Position: Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Botany and Methodology of Teaching Natural Sciences
Academic degree: PhD in Biology (2014) (specialty 03.00.15 – Genetics) Academic title: Associate Professor
Contact information:

• Lutsk, Potapova St., 9, Building S, 7th floor (717a)
• Email: Zinchenko.Maria@vnu.edu.ua

Scientific profiles

• [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6485-3668)
• [Scopus Author ID](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57217246558)
• [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iDhB0TAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra)

Biography

Born on October 4, 1987, in the city of Makiivka, Donetsk region. In 2004, graduated from Lutsk Gymnasium No. 4.

Education

2010 – Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Specialty 070407 Genetics. Qualification (degree): Master of Biology, Geneticist, Biology Teacher. 2010-2013 – Postgraduate Studies at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine.
2014 – PhD in Biology, Specialty 03.00.15 – Genetics (Biological Sciences). Dissertation topic: "Cell selection of soft wheat for resistance to a complex of stress factors." Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv).

Positions held

From September 2014 to 2020 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theory and Methodology of Primary Education, Faculty of Pedagogical Education and Social Work, Eastern European National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
2019 – Associate Professor at the Department of Theory and Methodology of Primary Education, Faculty of Pedagogical Education and Social Work, Eastern European National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
From September 2020 – Head of the Department of Botany and Methodology of Teaching Natural Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Forestry, Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
Secretary of the Young Scientists Council at Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
Responsible editor of the materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference for Young Scientists, Students, and Postgraduates "Current Problems in the Development of Natural and Humanitarian Sciences" 2019-2023.
Member of the Organizational and Coordination Committees of the International Scientific and Practical Conference for Young Scientists, Students, and Postgraduates "Current Problems in the Development of Natural and Humanitarian Sciences" 2019-2023.

Professional awards, honors, and memberships

• 2021 – Certificate of appreciation from the rector of Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
  
• 2019 – Certificate of appreciation from the rector of Eastern European National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
  
• 2017 – Certificate of appreciation from the rector of Eastern European National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.
  
• 2017 – Certificate of appreciation from the Department of Education, Science, and Youth Affairs of the Volyn Regional State Administration.
  

Membership in organizations

• Member of the [Ukrainian Society of Geneticists and Breeders](http://utgis.org.ua/ua/).
  
• 2016-2020 – Head of the Volyn Branch of the Ukrainian Society of Geneticists and Breeders named after M.I. Vavilov.
  

Research interests

Genetics, cell selection, plant genetics, medical biology, ecological education.

Courses taught

• Genetics
• Genetics with basics of breeding
• Modern breeding methods
• Medical biology

Research groups

• Plant breeding in vitro

Training

• Center for Innovative Technologies and Computer Testing, Eastern European National University named after Lesya Ukrainka, course "Basics of working in the Moodle learning management system", development of an online course fragment "Introduction of children to the social environment" (2016).
  
• Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy, Higher School of Economics and Innovation (Lublin, Poland), June 12, 2017 – December 12, 2017, theme: "Learning and Science without Borders".
  
• Certified level of English proficiency (B2) in 2018.
  
• [Practical training at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oslo](https://wiki.vnu.edu.ua/wiki/C%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F:_%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%97_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A3%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%83_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE), November 1, 2019 – November 15, 2019.
  
• "Modern Teaching Methods in Higher Medical Education. Medical Biology", Kharkiv National Medical University, September 5, 2022 – September 26, 2022.

List of educational-methodical/scientific works

Author of over 60 scientific publications (including articles, monographs, conference abstracts).

Monograph

• "Animal World / Nature of the Western Polissya near the Khotyslavsky Quarry in Belarus" / K.B. Sukhomlyn, V.S. Teplyuk, A.M. Teplyuk, O.P. Zinchenko, M.O. Zinchenko, 2014, Lutsk: PP Ivaniuk V.P., pp. 189-216.

Textbooks and Methodological Guides

• [Methodology and Organization of Scientific Research in Biology: A Manual for Students of the Specialty 014 Secondary Education (Biology and Human Health)](https://evnuir.vnu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/19508), 48 p., Lutsk: Media, 2021.
• [Methodology and Organization of Scientific Research in Biology: A Manual for Students of the Specialty 091 "Biology"] (https://evnuir.vnu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/19507), 59 p., Lutsk: Media, 2021.
• [Biology of Individual Development: Test Tasks](https://evnuir.vnu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17185), Lutsk: Media, 2020.
• "Basics of Natural Sciences with Practical Exercises" Kotsun B.B., Zinchenko M.O., Budnyk S.V., Makhno N.V., 87 p., Lutsk: Polygraphic Enterprise Ivaniuk V.P., 2019.
• [Genetics: Methodical Instructions for Conducting Practical Classes](https://evnuir.vnu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16167), Lutsk: Media, 2019, 52 p.

Main scientific publications

• [DOI: 10.15421/012201](https://doi.org/10.15421/012201) Sukhomlyn K.B., Zinchenko M.O., Zinchenko O.P., Teplyuk V.S., Biletskyi Y.V., Ivantsiv V.V., Biletska M.H., Buslenko L.V., Ivantsiv V.V., Budnyk S.V. "Biology of Simulium erythrocephalum and S. chelevini (Diptera, Simuliidae): Morphological, Ecological, and Molecular Data," *Biosystems Diversity*, 2022, 30(1), pp. 3-11.
• [DOI: 10.15421/012122](https://doi.org/10.15421/012122) Zinchenko M.O., Sukhomlyn K.B., Zinchenko O.P., Teplyuk V.S. "Biology of Simulium noelleri and Simulium dolini: Morphological, Ecological, and Molecular Data," *Biosystems Diversity*, 2021, 29(2), pp. 30-35.
• [DOI: 10.15421/012130](https://doi.org/10.15421/012130) Zinchenko M.O., Sukhomlyn K.B., Teplyuk V.S., Zinchenko O.P. "Reproductive Characteristics of Simulium (Simulium) and Simulium (Wilhelmia) Species in Western Polissya," *Biosystems Diversity*, 2020, 28(2), pp. 46-55.
• [DOI: 10.15421/012119](https://doi.org/10.15421/012119) Zinchenko M.O., Sukhomlyn K.B., Teplyuk V.S., Zinchenko O.P. "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Simulium (Simulium) and Simulium (Wilhelmia) Species in Western Ukraine," *Biosystems Diversity*, 2020, 28(1), pp. 22-29.
• Zinchenko M.O., Sukhomlyn K.B., Zinchenko O.P., Teplyuk V.S. "Ecological Features of Simulium Species (Simuliidae: Diptera) in the Volyn Region," *Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University*, 2019, No. 46, pp. 54-59.
• Sukhomlyn K.B., Zinchenko M.O., Zinchenko O.P., Teplyuk V.S. "Plant Genetic Resources of the Volyn Region: Current State and Perspectives of Use," *Environmental and Natural Resources*, 2018, 29(2), pp. 1-8.
• Zinchenko M.O., Sukhomlyn K.B., Teplyuk V.S., Zinchenko O.P. "Vegetative and Reproductive Features of Simulium (Simulium) Species in the Volyn Region," *Scientific Bulletin of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy*, 2017, No. 8, pp. 22-30.

Contact Information

• Email: Zinchenko.Maria@vnu.edu.ua
• Office: Volyn National University, Department of Botany and Methodology of Teaching Natural Sciences, Lutsk, Ukraine.
• Phone: +38 (0332) 72-25-31 (internal 203)