PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor.
Svitlana Yaroshchuk holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences and serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural Technology and Soil Science, a Senior Research Fellow, and Head of the Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies at Sumy National Agrarian University. Her professional experience combines teaching, research, academic administration and the delivery of international education and environmental projects.
She holds Master’s degrees in Agronomy, Forestry and Ecology. Her research covers agroforestry, the restoration of damaged land and forests, sustainable land management, plant ecology, protective forest plantations and the adaptation of European environmental practices to the Ukrainian context.
Svitlana has contributed to international projects on restoring damaged forests, developing green economic activities, protecting urban green spaces and strengthening research capacity in Ukrainian universities. She has completed academic mobility and professional training in the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland. In 2021, she served as an expert of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and won a young researchers’ competition with a project on the conservation and restoration of protective forest plantations based on EU experience.
Within EUFOR, Svitlana serves as a senior expert, researcher, teacher, and Communication and Dissemination Lead. She connects the project’s educational, research and public engagement activities.
Her main responsibilities are to:
Svitlana will deliver 82 teaching hours over the three academic years of the Module. Her multidisciplinary experience helps translate EU policies into relevant teaching content, practical tools for communities and professional guidance for Ukraine’s environmental recovery.
