Mitigation of climate change through advanced phytotechnology for military lands
On May 30, 2025 the Progress Project Meeting 8 within the Milestone 4 of G6094 “Mitigation of climate change through advanced phytotechnology for military lands” was held at UJEP in the mixed form: UJEP team members were presented in persons, members of other teams were connected on-line. Altogether 18 individuals participated in the meeting including…
On May 27, 2025 Prof. Valentyna Pidlisniuk, NPD visited Research station in Chomutov, Czech Agrifood Research Centre. Two M×g research plantations are located in the vicinity of the station, i.e.: one was established in 2021 at the marginal land of the former military site, where 2 doses of biochar are tested multiyear along with sewage…
On May 19, 2025 Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ukraine hosted a Roundtable “Science in Action: The Role of Researchers in Overcoming the Challenges of War”. The event was dedicated to the role of research & outreach in overcoming the consequences of a full-scale war to the environment and society in Ukraine along and…
Lutfi Sharanek, a former ERASMUS student at UJEP in 2024-2025 fall semester, who was involved in research at the Chomutov M×g plantation, Czech Republic was granted the First Place at the 7th SAS Research Day at Lebanese International University, Lebanon. The presentation “Restoring Soils, Advancing Science: My Erasmus Exploration of Miscanthus Driven Phytoremediation” was focused…
On 15 May 2025, Professor Valentina Pidlisnyuk (NPD, UJEP) delivered a public lecture entitled “Role of Education in Sustainable Development,” which focused on the sustainable management of contaminated sites through the application of M×g phytotechnology on post-military and post-mining lands. The lecture was part of the eco-workshop “Education for Sustainable Development” in Ternopil, Ukraine, organised…
On 13 May 2025, Professor Valentina Pidlisnyuk (NPD, UJEP) delivered a public lecture entitled “Innovative Phytotechnology for the Revitalization of Damaged and Slightly Contaminated Military Lands Using Miscanthus × giganteus.” The lecture focused on the practical application of advanced M×g phytotechnology to reclaim military training grounds, trenches and other areas disturbed by recent military actions…
On April 24, 2025 PhD student Robert Ato Newton, Faculty of Environment, UJEP defended the PhD thesis entitled “Assessment of the value chain of Miscanthus phytomanagement: stage of waste processing and biochar utilization”. The supervisor of the PhD study was professor Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD. The Reviewers of the PhD thesis were Dr. Bertrand Pourrut, Assoc….
Member of NATO team at UJEP, i.e., NPD Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Dr. Karim Al Souki, PhD students Robert Ato Newton, Abdulmannan Rouhani, Batoul Hamade, and Muhammed Zubair established Miscanthus plantation at the post-military brownfield located in suburb of Chomutov. The ash will be tested at the field scale there in accordance with the task of…
Co-Director, Assoc. Prof. Tatyana Stefanovska, NULES, Ukraine participated as a Group Leader in the Laboratory and Field Training – Health Assessment of Soils Affected by War, held in Belgium on March 17-28, 2025. The Training was organized as part of a collaborative effort between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and…
On April 11, 2025 Professor Mykhailo Zagirnyak, Rector of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradkyi National University, Ukraine attended the Faculty of Environment at UJEP with an introductory visit. He met with NDP G6094 Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, and members of UJEP project’s team: Dr. Josef Trogl, Dr. Karim Al Souki, PhD students Robert Ato Newton and Abdulmannan Rouhani….
