Volchovska-Kozak Oleksandra

PhD, Associate Professor
Biochemist,
expert in plant physiology

 

Research interestsEducationExperienceGrants and ProjectsMain publicationsContacts

1. Study of mechanisms of adaptation of plants to the action of abiotic and biotic stresses.
2. Development and modification of methods for determining the resistance of cruciferous crops to
hypothermia.
3. Study of the influence of associative nitrogen fixers and phosphorus-mobilizing bacteria on the
growth, development and yield of cruciferous crops.
4. Physiological and biochemical substantiation of the use of growth stimulants in the cultivation of
crops.

1992
PhD in Biological Sciences.
Thesis: “Protein-proteinase system of cereals in the pathogenesis of brown rust,
powdery mildew and fusarium wilt”.

1991
M.A. Biologist researcher (biochemist). Breeding and Genetic Institute (National Center for Seed Science and Variety
Research).

1981
B.A., Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.

Total work experience – 39 years (Since 1981).
Scientific and pedagogical experience – 36 years (Since 1984).

2000 – to date
Associate Professor of Biology, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.

2005-2010
The member of the Academic Council of the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Institute of Agricultural Production NAAS of Ukraine.

1906-2005
Head of the Laboratory of Tissue Culture and Biotechnology of the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Agricultural Production UAAS.

1992-2001
Researcher at the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Agricultural Production UAAS.

1987-1992
Researcher at the All-Union Breeding and Genetic Institute of UAAS.

1984-1987
Researcher at the Institute of Cruciferous Crops of UAAS.

2009
“Violation and adaptation of multilevel biosystems in the conditions of anthropogenic transformation of the environment” Grant No 0114U005004

Total – 60
Volchovska O.E., Adamovskaya V.G., Levitsky A.P. The relationship between the levels of protease inhibitors and the resistance of winter wheat to fusarium wilt. Physiology and biochemistry of the cult. plant. – 1991. – T. 23, №4. – S. 366-370.
Vovchuk S.V., Volchovska O.E., Levitsky A.P. Isolation and properties of trypsin inhibitor of wheat germ. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology. – 1993. – T. 29, Vip. 1. – P. 91-96.
Klechkovskaya E., Dubinina L.A., Volchovska O.E. Some theoretical and practical aspects of the host-pathogen relationship in agrocenoses Collection of scientific works of the Institute of Agriculture UAAS. – Kyiv, 1998. – Issue. 1 – pp. 204-210.

E-mail:
oleksandra.kozak@pnu.edu.ua
olexif@ukr.net

Halytska str., 201
Department of Biology and Ecology
Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ukraine
76018

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