Education/Dissemination

Professor Valentyna Pidlisniuk participated in the international conference “Leader 2050 Conference: Future Competencies in the Face of Sustainable Development Challenges, Systemic Resilience, and Ecological and Socio-Economic Crises,” organized on June 18–19, 2026 in Wroclaw, Poland. The conference served as an interdisciplinary forum focused on the competencies that future leaders and graduates will require to address…

On June 10–11, 2026, Professor Valentina Pidlisnyuk and Dr. Karim Al Souki, UJEP participated in the Biochar Summit 2026 in Vienna, Austria. This international event, hosted by Biochar Europe, focused on the role of biochar in innovation and industrial integration. The summit provided extensive discussions on ensuring safe and efficient biochar logistics, integrating biochar and…

On April 15, 2026, Professor Valentyna Pidlisniuk (NPD, UJEP) presented the main results, achievements, and future plans of the G6094 project at the online 54th NARECOM scientific seminar. The event was held within the framework of the project “Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies for Environmental Protection and a Sustainable Future – NanoEnviCZ” (https://www.nanoenvicz.cz/en), supported by the Ministry…

The Practical Guide entitled “Utilisation of Advanced Miscanthus Phytotechnology for Revitalisation of Post-Military Land” (1st edition) has been published by the project team. The Guide was edited by Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD. The publication is available in two languages: Both language versions are identical in content. The Practical Guide is available in electronic format upon request….

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…

On November 13, 2024, Professor Valentina Pidlisnyuk, UJEP, NPD introduced the elements of the Miscanthus Advanced Phytotechnology to the local stakeholders in the Chomutov district, Usti region. She met with the Udlice town Governor Mr. Vítězslav Daniš and representatives of the firm “Kobra”, specialized in the bioremediation of solid waste, Mr. Marek Kofron and Mr….

On July 27, 2024, project members represented by Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD (UJEP), PhD student Robert Ato Newton (UJEP), and Dr. Aigerim Mamirova (KazNU) participated as invited speakers in the virtual webinar “2024 Nineteenth Annual Dialog on Sustainability: Ecosystem Restoration – The Use of Biochar” hosted by Kansas State University (KSU), Manhattan, USA. The webinar,…

One of the educational goals of the project is focused on enhancing the existed at the universities Master and Bachelor degree courses with elements of the Advanced Technology with Miscanthus × giganteus. In the educational year 2023/2024 the existed Erasmus course in Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sites (UJEP) was updated with the elements of Phytotechnology,…