Education/Dissemination

On November 27–30, 2025, Prof. Valentyna Pidlisniuk visited Merito University in Wroclaw, Poland. The purpose of the visit was to discuss opportunities for cooperation with the Rector of the University, Professor Johannes Platje. During the meeting, the parties discussed the framework of the track session “Organic Waste Valorisation within the Circular Economy Pathway”, to be…

On November 10–13, 2025, Dr. Beth Richardson, microbial ecologist and environmental DNA specialist from Mount Royal University (Calgary, Canada), visited the Faculty of Environment, UJEP within the Visiting Scholar Program. Her research focuses on using environmental DNA (eDNA) to study microbiomes in landscapes undergoing reclamation in the oil-contaminated sites, including Athabasca Oil Sands Region. During…

Dr. Mariya Marinova, Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Co-Director of Sub-project 3, participated at the Climate Security and Defence Course, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean/ Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada, the first official training delivered by the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE). Military personnel, researchers and…

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…

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…

The laboratory results on production of Miscanthus × giganteus biomass at the petroleum contaminated soil were introduced at the Global Summit on biofuels and bioenergy held on 3-4th April 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The presentation authoring by Josef Trögl, Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Diana Polanská Nebeská, Hana Burdová, Zdeňka Kwoczynski, Karim Suhail Al Souki, Robert Ato…