Faculty of Chemistry and Biology
Dean: Nadiia Mykhailivna Drobyk, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Full ProfessorVice Dean for Academic affairs: Andrii Ivanovych Herts, PhD in Biological Sciences, Associate ProfessorVice Dean for Scientific work and international cooperation: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Khomenchuk, PhD in Biological SciencesVice Dean for Educational work: Nataliia Volodymyrivna Moskaliuk, PhD in Pedagogic SciencesLeading specialist of the dean’s office: Iryna Mykolaivna ToporivskaE-mail: dekanat@chem-bio.com.ua Website: chem-bio.com.uaTel: +38 0352 43 59 01
History of the Faculty
The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Geography was founded in 1940 at Kremenets Teacher’s Institute. After the reorganization of the institute in 1950, it was renamed to the Faculty of Natural Sciences and in 1997 it gained its current name — Faculty of Chemistry and Biology.
In 1969, the Faculty was relocated to the Pedagogical Institute in Ternopil. Here it was necessary to re-create everything that was lost because of that process: the agro-biostation, the greenhouses (now, they are subordinated to the Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Natural Disciplines), the herbarium, the zoological museum, the research laboratories, and the biostationary.
The first dean of the Faculty was P.V. Servetnyk. Later, the deans of the Faculty were D.P. Chyzhov, A.V. Demchenko, O.D. Honchar, S.F. Kutishevskyi (1965-1967), L.H. Kuzmovych (1967-1968), Y. M. Svynko (1968-1973), S. Y. Hrushko (1973-1990), M. M. Barna (1990-2006), V. Z. Kurant (2006-2013). Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Drobyk Nadiia Mykhailivna has been the dean of the Faculty since September 9, 2013.
Among the graduates of the Faculty, there are more than 20 doctors of sciences, professors, more than 100 PhDs, associate professors. They work in different higher educational and scientific institutions of Ukraine. Some graduates continued working at the Faculty as teachers and laboratory assistants.
Educational and methodical work
The structural educational and scientific subdivisions of the Faculty include Department of Botany and Zoology, Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Methods of its Teaching, Laboratory of Biology and Ecology “Holytskyi Biostationary”, agrobiological laboratory, educational laboratory of plant morphology and taxonomy – herbarium, educational and methodical office “Zoological Museum”, laboratory of ecobiotechnology and health education, laboratory of experimental biology. Botanical Garden and Biblical Botanical Garden were established in 2019. The educational process at the Faculty is carried out by 29 teachers, including 8 doctors of sciences, professors, 21 PhDs, associate professor, including 2 academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine and 1 honored worker of science and technology of Ukraine.
Educational and field practices, investigation of rare plant and animal species and their groups is held at the basis of the biology and ecology laboratory “Holytskyi Biostationary” in Hutysko village, Berezhany district, Ternopil region, and at the basis of agrobiological laboratory, zoological museum and herbarium.
The educational and methodical office “Zoological Museum” contains more than a thousand exhibits of stuffed animals, birds, wet preparations of vertebrates and invertebrates, collection of insects, mollusks, sponges, coelenterata, birds’ nests and eggs. They are used for laboratory classes, classes of problem solving scientific groups, classes with students, who are members of the Junior Academy of Sciences, and as a base for students’ course and master’s works.
The herbarium of the Department of Botany is unique, it contains 30,000 leaves of herbs of Ternopil, Podillia, Polissia, Transdnistria and Carpathian Mountains regions, and rare plants listed in the “Red Data Book of Ukraine. Flora”. Herbariums of Professor Zaverukha B.V., Associate Professor Shymanska V.O., Senior Lecturer Zelinka S.V. and others are of great scientific interest.
The Faculty offers full-time and part-time education at two levels:
Bachelor’s Programs:
• 014 Secondary education (Biology/ Bilogy and human health)
• 014 Secondary education (Chemistry)
Master’s Programs:
• 014 Secondary education (Biology/ Bilogy and human health)
• 014 Secondary education (Chemistry)
• 091 Biology (part-time)
• 102 Chemistry (part-time)
Educational and methodical work
The structural educational and scientific subdivisions of the Faculty include Department of Botany and Zoology, Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Methods of its Teaching, Laboratory of Biology and Ecology “Holytskyi Biostationary”, agrobiological laboratory, educational laboratory of plant morphology and taxonomy – herbarium, educational and methodical office “Zoological Museum”, laboratory of ecobiotechnology and health education, laboratory of experimental biology. Botanical Garden and Biblical Botanical Garden were established in 2019. The educational process at the Faculty is carried out by 29 teachers, including 8 doctors of sciences, professors, 21 PhDs, associate professor, including 2 academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine and 1 honored worker of science and technology of Ukraine.
Educational and field practices, investigation of rare plant and animal species and their groups is held at the basis of the biology and ecology laboratory “Holytskyi Biostationary” in Hutysko village, Berezhany district, Ternopil region, and at the basis of agrobiological laboratory, zoological museum and herbarium.
The educational and methodical office “Zoological Museum” contains more than a thousand exhibits of stuffed animals, birds, wet preparations of vertebrates and invertebrates, collection of insects, mollusks, sponges, coelenterata, birds’ nests and eggs. They are used for laboratory classes, classes of problem solving scientific groups, classes with students, who are members of the Junior Academy of Sciences, and as a base for students’ course and master’s works.
The herbarium of the Department of Botany is unique, it contains 30,000 leaves of herbs of Ternopil, Podillia, Polissia, Transdnistria and Carpathian Mountains regions, and rare plants listed in the “Red Data Book of Ukraine. Flora”. Herbariums of Professor Zaverukha B.V., Associate Professor Shymanska V.O., Senior Lecturer Zelinka S.V. and others are of great scientific interest.
The Faculty offers full-time and part-time education at two levels:
Bachelor’s Programs:
• 014 Secondary education (Biology/ Bilogy and human health)
• 014 Secondary education (Chemistry)
Master’s Programs:
• 014 Secondary education (Biology/ Bilogy and human health)
• 014 Secondary education (Chemistry)
• 091 Biology (part-time)
• 102 Chemistry (part-time)
Scientific work
The scientific work at the Faculty is conducted in 7 scientific and research laboratories, which enable investigations in the fields of cytoembryology (supervisor Prof. Barna M.M.), plant physiology and microbiology (supervisor prof. Pyda S. V.), ecological biochemistry (supervisor prof. Kurant V. Z.), comparative biochemistry and molecular biology (supervisor prof. Stoliar O. B.), ecology and biotechnology (supervisor prof. Drobyk N. M.), ecotoxicology and bio-indication (supervisor prof. Hrubinko V.V.), chemistry of unsaturated compounds (supervisor Assoc. prof. Baranovskyi V.S.). Scientific and methodical center of natural education and science (supervisor prof. Stepanyuk A.V.) also functions at the Faculty.
A permanent postgraduate course in the specialties 091 Biology and 102 Chemistry function at the departments of the Faculty. Professors Hrubinko V. V., Stoliar O. B., Stepaniuk A. V., Drobyk N. M., Barna M. M., Kurant V. Z. and Pyda S. V. are scientific supervisors of PhD and doctoral dissertations.
The Faculty is known for the high standards of professional periodicals “Scientific Notes of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. Series: Biology” and “Scientific Notes of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. Series: Chemistry”. Not only the scientists of the Faculty, but also of classical, pedagogical, medical and agricultural universities, academies and institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) and National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine publish their research results there.
Educational work
The students of the Faculty are known for their achievements not only in educational and scientific fields, but also in amateur performances and sports. The Faculty has a good tradition of celebrating Faculty Days, Departments Weeks, Freshman Days, Open Days, Environment Days and Autumn Festivals. Students of the Faculty often take part in “Club of the Funny and Inventive People” competitions, where they win the sympathy of students and teachers of the Faculty and the university.
Cooperation
The Faculty maintains close relations with higher educational institutions and research institutions of Ukraine and abroad, including Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Taras Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Collegium”, M.G. Kholodnyi Institute of Botany of NASU, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NASU, Institute of Hydrobiology of NASU, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of NASU, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering of NASU, Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians of NASU, State Museum of Natural History of NASU, Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Medobory Nature Reserve, Carpathian National Nature Park, etc.
Considerable attention is paid to cooperation with secondary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and extra-curricular educational institutions. Close, long-term relations existed between the staff and teachers of the Faculty and students of Slavutych Specialized Boarding-Lyceum, Khmelnytskyi Lyceum. Cooperation agreements have been signed with Kremenets Forestry Technical College, Borshchiv Agrotechnical College, Private Higher Educational Institution “Medical College”, Ternopil Secondary Schools of I-III levels № 6, №16, №24, №26, educational complex “Velyki Birky Secondary School of I-III levels – Stepan Balei Gymnasium” and Myshkovychi Secondary School of I-III levels of Ternopil district council, secondary schools of I-III levels, Terebovlia Secondary School of I-III levels, schools of Zbarazh and Kozova, Ternopil Regional Communal Territorial Department of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ternopil Regional Ecological and Naturalistic Center for Student Youth, etc.
Faculty graduates
The Faculty creates all opportunities for successful postgraduate and doctoral studies on the basis of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University and other educational and scientific institutions. Graduates of the Faculty include more than 30 doctors of sciences, professors, more than 100 PhDs, associate professors, who work in different higher education and scientific institutions of Ukraine. Among the current faculty staff members there are 26 teachers and 12 laboratory assistants, who are graduates of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology. Graduates of the Faculty work as biology and chemistry teachers not only in most schools of Ternopil and Ternopil region, but also in other regions of Ukraine. Some of them are even school principals and head teachers. The Faculty graduates also work in biological and chemical laboratories of various multidisciplinary institutions.
The Faculty is proud of its graduates, who have made a significant contribution to the development of higher education and science, in particular:
- Zaverukha B. V., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, former Vice President of the Ukrainian Botanical Society and former head of the Botanical Museum of M.G. Kholodnyi Institute of Botany of NASU;
- Bryk M. T., Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, former Vice-Rector for Scientific Work of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy;
- Drobotskyi A. S., PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, former Vice-Rector for Part-Time Education of Ternopil State Pedagogical University;
- Volkov K. S., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, former director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Morphology, Head of the Department of Histology and Embryology of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University;
- Danylyshyn B. M., Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Academician of the NASU, Minister of Economy of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2007-2009);
- Tasienkevych L. O., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Senior Research Fellow of the State Museum of Natural History of the NASU (Lviv);
- Burban A. F., Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Chemistry of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy;
- Cherniak V. M., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Content and Methods of Subjects Teaching of Ternopil Region Communal Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education;
- Lykhatskyi P. H., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Medical Faculty of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU);
- Yastremska S. O., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Director of the Academic and Research Institute of Nursing of I. Horbachevsky TNMU; Nebesna Z. M., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Director of the Academic and Research of Morphology of I. Horbachevsky TNMU;
- Zahrychuk G. Ya., Head of the Department of General Chemistry of I. Horbachevsky TNMU;
- Brych V. Ya., Doctor of Economical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Innovative Educational Technologies of Ternopil National Economic University;
- Biletska H. A., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Ecology and Biological Education of Khmelnytskyi National University.
Among the well-known graduates of the Faculty are also:
- Mykolenko M.A., Ukrainian politician, Chairman of the Ternopil Regional Council (2006-2009), Head of the Department of Education and Science of the Ternopil Regional State Administration;
- Herts І. І., Director of the Ternopil Regional Ecological and Naturalistic Center for Student Youth, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine;
- Maslivets Olha, Champion of Ukraine in windsurfing, silver medalist of the World Sailing Games, winner of international regattas, participant in the 2004 Olympic Games (Sydney, Australia);
- Zhyvchyk Victor, Archimandrite Laurentius, a priest of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral.
Among the graduates of the Faculty is Serhii Trapezun, participant of the Revolution of Dignity, who was wounded on February 20, 2014 and underwent a rehabilitation course at a clinic in Israel.
Development perspectives of the Faculty
One of the most important strategic tasks of the Faculty is to ensure the high quality of specialists training, who can be competitive in the Ukrainian and world labor markets, can effectively work according to their specialty, can form their own careers, are ready for constant professional self-development and improvement, are responsible for the results of their professional activities and constantly improve their social and professional mobility.
In this regard, the priority tasks of the Faculty staff is to form an appropriate educational environment, to use modern information and communication technologies and innovative teaching methods, to use student-centered approach in teaching, to improve professional skills of the teaching staff by preparing new monographs, to write textbooks, manuals and terminological dictionaries, to prepare and defend candidate and doctoral dissertations, to take part in research projects and internships, including international ones.
