Оksana Sykalo

Оksana Sykalo

Ph.D., Associate professor

Languages for professional communication:

English

Description of the field of scientific research:

Plant quarantine; external and internal plant quarantine; methods of inspection and examination of regulated objects; quarantine pests; risk analysis of quarantine pests; international phytosanitary standards.

Professional experience:

From 2002 to 2019, she worked as an associate professor at the Department of Plant Quarantine, reorganized into the Department of Integrated Plant Protection and Quarantine at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. From 2009 to 2013, she worked as the Deputy Dean and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Plant Protection at the same university (2013-14). Since 2018, she has been the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Plant Protection, Biotechnology and Ecology.

During her work, she initiated the development of a master's degree standard in Plant Quarantine. She was directly involved in the development of the educational qualification characteristics, educational and professional programs, and diagnostic tools for the standards of the specialties "Plant Protection" (2013) and "Plant Quarantine" (2014).

In 2018-2019, she participated in the development and writing of educational and professional programs "Plant Protection" and "Plant Quarantine" in the specialty "Plant Protection and Quarantine." From 2012 to 2019, she worked on the development of educational and methodological support for several disciplines of the master's program "Plant Quarantine," in particular, "External and internal plant quarantine," "Methods of inspection and examination of regulated objects," "Quarantine pests," "Risk analysis of quarantine pests," "International phytosanitary standards" and bachelor's program "Fundamentals of plant quarantine."

In addition, she is a member of the professional commission of the scientific and methodological center "Agroeducation" in the field of Plant Protection (2010-2014) and co-author of standards in the field and specialty "Plant Protection," the Model Program for the discipline "Fundamentals of Plant Quarantine," "Quarantine Pests," and "International Phytosanitary Standards."

She is also a co-author of textbooks: "Quarantine Plant Diseases," "Regulatory Documents Used in Teaching Disciplines of the Plant Quarantine Specialty," "Quarantine Weeds," "Phytosanitary Risk Analysis of Quarantine Pests," and the reference book 'Regulated Quarantine Pests.'

In 2019-2023, she was an expert at the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, and from 2010 to 2024, she was a member of the expert group on scientific and environmental expertise in registration materials for pesticides and agrochemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

Keywords:

  • Teaching

  • Book writing

  • Agricultural sciences

Basic scientific publications:

  • Monitoring Research on Invasive Species of Bedbug (Corytucha ciliata say) in Green Areas of Kyiv

    Mykola Lisovyy, Petro Chumak, Myroslaw Pikovskyi, Oksana Sykalo, Serhiy Zhuravel, Oksana Trembitska, Tetiana Klymenko, Liudmyla Vagaliuk. J. Ecol. Eng. 2023; 24(7):1-7.

    Role: Author

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