Prof., D.Sc.BOYKO Nadiya – director of the Center, head department of clinical and laboratory diagnostics and pharmacology, recognized expertise in the field of molecular microbiology and immunology.

Phylosopty Doctor 1994, Senior Researcher since 1995. Doctor of Science since 2010. The total length of service at Uzhhorod National University is 33 years. In the teaching position since 1994, including 12 years as a professor of microbiology, virology and immunology with a course of infectious diseases and a year as a professor of basic medical disciplines, 2 years as head. Department of CLDF, in 2019 was awarded the academic title of Professor of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics and Pharmacology, Faculty of Dentistry. From 2000 to 2006 she studied for a doctorate at Uzhhorod National University and did an internship as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He has more than 300 scientific and educational works, including more than 100 works in professional scientific journals, more than 60 publications in publications includedin scientometric databases, as well as 2 monographs. Over the last three years, more than 40 works have been published, including more than 30 articles in professional journals, and about 15 indexed publications. in scientometric databases SCOPUS and WOS, about 10 educational and methodical works. Actively and systematically participates in domestic and international symposia, conferences, seminars; often with invited reports (about 150 events during the years of work at both departments: 2006-2021, of which about 50 invited reports). Participates actively in international projects and in professional Expert meetings:

• Member of the Specialized Academic Council D 26.233.01 for the defense of doctoral dissertations at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology. DK Zabolotny NAS of Ukraine.
• Member of the expert council of the Ministry of Education and Science, section 15 - Biology (examination of projects of scientific works, scientific and technical (experimental) developments).
• Member of the expert council on the examination of dissertations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in biological sciences (SAC).
• Expert of the Commission for Research at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
• Member of the Scientific Council of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine.
• Member of the working group of the Ministry of Health for the development of proposals for the creation of a rehabilitation system for patients who have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

She is a member of the editorial board of scientific journals

1. Microbial Ecology in Health and Diseases
2. Microbiological Journal
3. EC Nutrition, PubMed Central
4. Invited editor of the journal “Human microbiome and Personalized nutrition”
5. Co-editor of the book «Microbiome in 3P medicine strategies: the first exploitation guide». 

Under the supervision of Professor N. Boyko 5 dissertations were defended for the degree of Candidate of Biological and Medical Sciences, currently 2 more such works are being performed under her supervision.

Since the beginning of 2022, she has been the president of the Society of Mucosal Immunology (SMI, USA). Society of Microbial Ecology and Human Diseases (SOMED), American Society of Anaerobes (ANAEROBES), Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine (TMU), Chairman of the Transcarpathian Branch. 

Since 2020, Uzhhorod National University is an official organizational member of EPMA (European Association for Foresight, Preventive and Personalized Medicine). Nadiya Volodymyrivna Boyko is the Ambassador of the Global Harmonization Initiative in Ukraine, a member of the Association of Pharmabiotics, etc.

She has managed about 50 research projects, about 20 of which are funded by various funds - the Ministry of Education and Science, the EU, including projects of the Seventh Framework Program and Horizon 2020.

Boyko N. constantly raises its scientific level. He has certificates in various areas of research (EIT, the creation of innovative foods, is an Expert in Composite Databases of Food, Bacteriology, Technology Transfer, etc.).

Acting as Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of Dentistry since 2021.

For significant achievements in professional activities and conscientious fruitful work N. Boyko was awarded thanks to Uzhhorod National University, Regional State Administration, Ministry of Health.

Prof., D.Sc. SUKHAREV Serhii – Head of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection. Doctor of Chemical Sciences (02.00.02 – analytical chemistry, 2013), professor of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection (2019). The seniority of teaching work at the State Educational Institution “UzhNU” is 24 years.

Field of scientific interests:

- analytical chemistry, spectroscopy;

- monitoring of environmental objects;

- ecological safety;

- of nutrition science.

Has 265 scientific and educational and methodical works, including 3 monographs, 22 educational and methodological works (including 2 teaching aids with the Grif of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine), 89 works in specialized scientific publications, 31 publications in publications included in scientometric databases: Scopus – 19, Web of Science – 12.

Manages at the State Educational Institution “UzhNU” the training of 2 graduate students (S.M. Kushtan, E.I. Glyudzyk). Prepared 2 candidates of sciences (S.V. Delegan-Kokaiko, O.I. Simkanych).

Sukharev S.M. is a member of the Scientific Council of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the problem of "Analytical Chemistry", a member of the specialized scientific council K 61.051.03 at the State Higher Secondary School "Uzhgorod National University" (Uzhgorod) and K 41.219.01 at the Physical and Chemical Institute named after O.V. Bogatsky National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Odesa, until December 2019), is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "Chemistry and water technology" (Scopus, Web of Science) and the deputy editor-in-chief of the Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series "Chemistry" (professional publication, category B).

Assoc., D.Sc. POLISHCHUK Volodymyr – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Software Systems of the State Educational Institution "UzhNU". In the scientific field, it focuses on: issues in the field of information technologies; issues of decision-making support in unclear and risky conditions; methods of information modeling of fuzzy knowledge to increase the safety of decision-making in various spheres of human activity; development of the methodology of hybrid decision support models for the safe and sustainable development of various complex functioning systems; development of a methodology for comprehensive assessment of startup projects; methodologies for evaluating controllability of processes in complex aviation systems and many others.

The author of more than 100 scientific works, including 44 scientific articles, 42 theses and works in collections of scientific conferences, 31 in the scientometric databases Scopus/Web of Science, 6 in the scientometric database Current Contents, 12 methodological publications and 2 monographs. Scopus ID 57204564304, h-index: 6.

Consultant and expert in the international laboratory of cybercriminology and victimology at the "Criminological and Forensic Research Center at the Law Faculty of Matej Bel University" (Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic).

Prof., D.Sc. DROBNYCH Volodymyr – Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Land Management and Cadastre of the State Educational Institution "UzhNU".

In 1971, he graduated from the Uzhgorod State (now National) University with a degree in "Theoretical Physics", after which he completed a research internship at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

From 1974 to 2005, engaged in scientific and scientific-pedagogical work, he worked in various positions in the Problem Scientific Research Laboratory of Physical Electronics of the SEI "UzhNU" (since 1983, he headed the department of emission electronics at this institution).

Since 2005, he has been working at the UzhNU State Educational Institution as a professor of the Department of Land Management and Cadastre. 

In 1982, he defended his thesis for the candidate of physical and mathematical sciences with the specialty 01.04.04 - "Physical electronics" on the topic "Experimental and theoretical research of the mechanisms of the emission of excited particles during the irradiation of metals with ions of kiloelectronvolt energies." In 1984, he received the academic title of senior researcher. In 2000, he defended his Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences thesis on April 1, 2004, specializing in "Physical Electronics" on the topic "Differential characteristics of the emission of excited particles during ion bombardment of metals: methods, experiment, theory."

He is the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific works, 5 inventions, 2 monographs. Over the past 5 years, he has 16 scientific publications, including 5 in journals with an impact factor.

He was a member of the specialized scientific councils for the defense of candidate and doctoral theses, which operated during their last three terms at the Physics Faculty of the Uzhhorod National University. Carried out scientific management of more than 10 state-budget research projects. Supervised the research work of 2 graduate students (with the subsequent successful defense of their candidate theses).

Scientific interests: theoretical physics, information and geo-information systems, mathematical statistics, data science, machine learning.

Main achievements. 1) Developed a general approach to measuring the most informative differential characteristics of the phenomenon of emission of excited particles during ion irradiation of the surfaces of various materials. This approach is called Doppler tomography. 2) Built a quantum-mechanical model of the above-mentioned phenomenon, which allowed, in particular, to prove the existence of the so-called electron-exchange mechanism of excitation of atomic particles. 3) The most significant of recent achievements is the creation, development, as well as practical use (together with specialists of other faculties) of a large information system designed to solve complex modern problems of medical, biological, geographical and chemical direction relevant for the region.

Ph.D. YUSKO Lesya – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Lecturer of the Department of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics and Pharmacology. Deputy of Head of the department.

In 2002 she graduated with honors from the Faculty of Biology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

From 2004 to 2008 she studied at the graduate school of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2009 she defended her dissertation and received the degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences in the specialty 03.00.06 - virology.

In 2001-2002 she worked in the department of cellular systems of the Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology. RE. Kavetsky National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

From 2005 to 2018 she worked at the Transcarpathian Territorial Center for Plant Quarantine of the NAAS of Ukraine, first as a scientific secretary and then as a senior researcher.

Author and co-author of over 25 scientific papers.

Assoc., Ph.D. CHENDEY Tarascandidate of medical sciences, associate professor of the Department of Hospital Therapy of the Faculty of Medicine, a cardiologist of the highest category, actively participates in clinical research, including cohort studies.

Assoc., Ph.D. DEVINYAK Oleg – Head of the department of pharmaceutical disciplines, associate professor, candidate of pharmaceutical sciences, deputy dean of the medical faculty. The dissertation for obtaining the scientific degree of candidate of pharmaceutical sciences was devoted to the analysis of correlations between the structure of 4-thiazolidinones and their antitumor activity in vitro, as well as the synthesis of new promising compounds of this series. He has additional education in the specialty "Software of automated systems", uses modern methods of statistics, machine learning and intelligent data analysis to solve a wide range of scientific problems in medicine and pharmacy. Member of the expert commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the examination of scientific projects, expert of the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education. In 2018, he completed an internship at the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice (Slovak Republic), and in 2019, he completed an internship under the Open World program at medical education institutions in the state of Oregon (USA). In 2018, he was awarded a certificate of the Transcarpathian Regional Council for the development of medical education in the region. Elected to the ethics commission of the Uzhhorod National University, he is the guarantor of the "Pharmacy" educational program. He is a member of the editorial board of scientific journals of the journal "Neurology and neurosurgery. Eastern Europe" (Belarus), "Problems of clinical pediatrics", "Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series Medicine". Reviews scientific works in international scientific journals "Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling", "Scientia Pharmaceutica", "Medicinal Chemistry Research".

Ph.D. MELESHKO Tamara – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics and Pharmacology.

 In 2014 she graduated with honors from the Faculty of Biology of Odessa National University. II Mechnikov and qualified as a microbiologist. In 2017 she graduated from graduate school. From 2014 to present - researcher at the Research and Training Center for Molecular Microbiology and Immunology of Mucous Membranes SHEI "UzhNU", researcher DB DB 828P "Composite biological products from microorganisms, plants and nanosounds" (2014), DB topic 857P "Biological disinfectants and prevention of biofilms" (2015-2016), F76 "Development of immunobiotics based on lactobacilli for the prevention and treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system" (2017), DB topic 875P "Implementation of new approaches in the creation and use of modern pharmaceuticals "(2017-2019), DB topic 901 P" Personalized approaches to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of vascular diseases with prognostic modeling of individual development of atherosclerosis" (2020-2022 рр.).

n 2015 she completed the course "13 th International Graduate Course on the Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition", which took place in Wegeningen, the Netherlands. In 2016 , as part of the BacFoodNet project, she underwent an internship at the ATB Institute in Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. She also took a practical training course "Workshop Data Collection and Checking of Food Composition Data" in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Author and co-author of more than 25 scientific papers, 1 textbook, 2 methodological papers and 2 patents. 

In 2021 she defended her dissertation on "Intestinal microbiota in common non-communicative human diseases and its personalized correction in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes" and received the degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences in 03.00.07 - microbiology. 

Participated in international conferences: "2nd Polish-Czech Probiotics Conference: Microbiology, Immunology & Allergy" - 2015, Bielawa, Poland, 2 nd International Conference "Personalized Medicine & Global Health" - 2015, Astana, Kazakhstan, World Summit 2016 "Gut Microbiotafor Health "- 2016, Miami, USA," 8th Central European Congress on Food Science for Well-being "- 2016, Kyiv, Ukraine," MiCRObiota Incognita "- 2016, Krk, Croatia, XV Congress of the Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine. S.M. Vynohradsky - 2017, Odessa, Ukraine.

Ph.D. PALLAG Oleksandra – master's degree in "Ecology and environmental protection". Candidate of biological sciences, associate professor of the department of clinical and laboratory diagnostics and pharmacology.

She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of Uzhhorod National University in 2013 with a degree in ecology and environmental protection, master's degree. Theme of master's work: "Obtaining hybrid organo-inorganic materials based on layered oxides of Fe (III), Co (III) and Mn (III) as materials for energy-saving technologies". From 2013 to the present day - Research Fellow of the Research and Training Center for Molecular Microbiology and Immunology of Mucous Membranes UzhNU, Research Fellow DB 828P "Composite biological products from microorganisms, plants and nanosounds" (2013), DB Topic 857P "Biological disinfectants and prevention of biofilms" (2015) 

In 2014, within the project "BacFoodNet" participated in the international symposium "Current Situation in the Agri-Food Sector Related to Microbial Risk of Fresh Produce and Process Water »Murcia, Spain.

On May 7, 2021 she defended her dissertation on the topic: "Formation of bacterial biofilms under the influence of biologically active substances of plant origin" specialty 03.00.07 - microbiology.

Co-author of more than 20 scientific publications, 2 methodological works and 2 patents.

She took part in the "XIII Congress of the Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine. S. M. Winogradsky "Yalta, 2013, 1st Conference of BacFoodNet and 3rd MC Meeting and WG Workshopsofthe COST Action FA 1202, the international conference" Microbiology and Immunology - prospects in the XXI century Kyiv, 2014, the international symposium "Current Situation in the Agri – Food Sector Related to Microbial Risk of Fresh Produce and Process Water »Murcia, Spain, 2014,« 2 nd Polish-Czech Probiotics Conference: Microbiology, Immunology & Allergy »2015, Bielawa, Poland.

Ph.D. student BURMEI (TYMOSHCHUK) Svitlana – deals with microbiological analysis of samples. She is a post-graduate student of the 2nd year of study majoring in 091 biology. Department of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics and Pharmacology. Research topic "New technological aspects of designing means of personalized correction of intestinal microbiome"

She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of Uzhhorod National University in 2013 with a master's degree. Theme of master's work "Spectrophotometric determination of morin with basic dyes", 2013.

Also in 2019 she graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Uzhhorod National University and received a master's degree in biology. The topic of the master's thesis is "Vectors of distribution of ESKAPE pathogens in aquatic ecosystems of Uzhgorod region".

The experience of scientific and pedagogical work in universities of III-IV level of accreditation is 4 years, including 3 years as an assistant at the Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics and Pharmacology.

She has 12 scientific and a number of educational and methodical works.

According to the profile of the department's work, 3 methodological works were submitted for publication.

Participated in 20 scientific and scientific-methodical conferences from September 2017 to September 2021.

Ph.D. student RUKAVCHUK Roman – research associate, works on the implementation of bioinformatics approaches, the creation of information systems and the dissertation work "Information system for the correction of the human microbiome using microorganisms and edible plants". In 2017, he graduated from the Faculty of Geography of the Uzhgorod National University of Higher Education, with a master's degree. In the same year, he entered postgraduate studies at the Uzhhorod National University.

Since 2017, he has been an employee of the Research and Training Center for Molecular Microbiology and Immunology of Mucous Membranes of Uzhhorod National University (DB 875P "Implementation of New Approaches to the Creation and Use of Modern Pharmabiotics"), DB 901P "Personalized approaches to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of vascular diseases with prognostic modeling of the individual development of atherosclerosis"). In 2021 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Uzhhorod National University, Master.

Author and co-author of 12 scientific publications.

Junior research fellow IVASHKO Maxim – student of the 5th year of the Faculty of Biology of the Uzhhorod National University, Department of Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation, specialty 091 Biology. Secondary education, master's degree.

Junior researcher at the Research Development and Educational Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Mucosal Immunology of Uzhhorod National University.

Biotechnology specialist at LLC "Ediens". 

Junior research fellow BEK Vladyslav – student of the 4th year of the Faculty of Biology of the Uzhhorod National University, Department of genetics, microbiology and plant physiology. 

Receives the rank of reserve junior lieutenant at the Department of Military Training. He is the assistant to the head of the department of military training.

Hobbies: research on the impact of electromagnetic waves on microbiota, as well as genetic engineering.

Junior research fellow SENIV Maria student of the 4th year of the Faculty of Biology of the Uzhhorod National University, Department of zoology. 

Junior researcher at the Research Development and Educational Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Mucosal Immunology of Uzhhorod National University.

Hobbies: handmade, reading.

 The Center also employs engineers O. O. Sokolov and G. P. Baksha, who ensure the high-quality and proper performance of research, preparation of materials and devices for their conduct.