Mykhailo Yatsyuk
Director of the InstituteDoctor of Technical SciencesSenior Researcher
In 1995, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, majoring in inland hydrology and qualifying as a hydrologist-hydrochemist. He completed his postgraduate studies at the same university and, in 2001, he obtained the academic degree of PhD in Geographical Sciences. From 1997 to 2014, he occupied various positions at the State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine. He holds the rank of 2nd-class civil servant. He was awarded with the Certificate of Honor of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2006) and the Certificate of Honor of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2023) for his significant personal contribution to the development of land reclamation and water management, as well as for his many years of conscientious work and high level professionalism. From 2015 to 2016, he worked at the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (under the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine).
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From 2016 to 2021, he worked as Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine. Since February 1, 2022, he has held the position of Director of the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of the NAAS. In 2024, he defended his doctoral dissertation in the specialty 21.06.01 – Environmental Safety. The primary areas of his professional activity include the development of legislation and regulatory acts regarding water sector development and issues arising from the 2023 destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir dam, the improvement of integrated water management based on the river basin principle, water quality monitoring, the scientific substantiation of protection measures against the harmful effects of water and the development of legislative and regulatory frameworks for the water sector.
He is also the Chair of GWP-Ukraine (Global Water Partnership – Ukraine) and a member of the GWP Central and Eastern Europe Regional Council as well as one of the initiators of the Global Water Initiative of Ukraine. He is a participant in numerous international scientific projects focused on implementing integrated water management in Ukraine and the author and co-author of over 100 scientific publications.
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Andrii Shatkovskiy
Deputy Director for ResearchDoctor of Agricultural SciencesProfessorCorresponding Member of the NAAS
Researcher in the field of agricultural land reclamation. Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (2016), professor (2021), corresponding member of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (2020). Boris Paton National Prize of Ukraine (2024), President of Ukraine’s Prize for Young Scientists (2018), Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Scholarship for Young Scientists (2006–2007), State Scholarship based on ranking in the National System of Researchers of Ukraine (2026–2028), Honorary Donor of Ukraine (2022).
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Graduated with honors from Kherson State Agrarian University with a degree in “hydraulic engineering” (2002). In 2002–2003, worked at the Institute of Southern Vegetable and Melon Growing of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences (Hora Prystan, Skadovsk District, Kherson Oblast) as a research associate in the Department of Irrigated Agriculture; since 2003—at the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv): 2004–2006—doctoral candidate; 2006 – research associate; 2007–2011 – head of the micro-irrigation laboratory; since July 2011 – deputy director for scientific work. As a researcher, developed and scientifically substantiated micro-irrigation technologies for agricultural crops that ensure optimal plant productivity while preserving the ecological stability of agricultural landscapes.
Chair of Technical Committee for Standardization No. 145 “Land Reclamation and Water Management” (2015–2026; since 2026—Vice Chair), Chair of the Specialized Academic Council for the Defense of Doctoral (Candidate) Dissertations D 26.362.01 (2022–2025; Deputy Chair since 2026), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal “Land Reclamation and Water Management,” expert for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on scientific and scientific-technical expertise, expert for the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, expert of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance in the specialty H1 Agronomy, FAO (UN) technical expert on water management and irrigation, member of the Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in Countries Undergoing Socio-Economic Transformation (WG-IDSST) of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), and coordinator of the H1 Agronomy educational and research program at the Institute of Plant Production and Mechanization of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine. Has completed research internships in Israel, the United States, and Italy.
Prof. Shatkovskyi has supervised 7 candidates of science and 1 doctor of science; is the author and co-author of over 420 scientific publications.
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Iryna Bidnyna
Scientific SecretaryPhD in Agricultural SciencesSenior Researcher
She graduated from Kherson State Agrarian University (2005) as an agronomist. From 2005 to 2008, she was a full-time postgraduate student at the Institute of Agriculture of the Southern Region (UAAS). From September 2008 to September 2013, she held positions as a junior researcher, researcher, and senior researcher—initially at the Laboratory of Agrochemistry and Reclamation Soil Science at the Institute of Agriculture of the Southern Region, and subsequently as a senior researcher in the Department of Irrigated Agriculture at the Institute of Irrigated Agriculture.
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From October 2013 to January 2022, she worked as the Scientific Secretary and concurrently as the Head of the Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies Department at the Institute of Irrigated Agriculture in Kherson city. In January 2022, she transferred to the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, where she worked until November 2024 as the Head of the Consolidated Planning Division within the Scientific and Organizational Department of the Presidium Apparatus (Kyiv city).
Since November 2024, she has occupied the position of Scientific Secretary at the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation (NAAS). Her primary areas of professional activity include research and scientific substantiation of applying various fertilization systems, tillage methods, and moisture regimes for growing major crops, determining the mechanisms of soil processes under different reclamation conditions and developing comprehensive measures to improve soil fertility.
She is the author and co-author of over 260 scientific publications.
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