Department of Environmental Safety
The Department of Environmental Safety is a graduate specialty 101 "Ecology" at the level of higher education "Bachelor", "Master" and "Doctor of Philosophy". The license amount is 40 places for the specialists in the educational-professional bachelor's program, 10 - for the educational-professional master's program and 6 places for the educational-scientific program of training of doctors of philosophy.
History of the department:
The Department of Environmental Safety is temporarily headed by Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Kateryna Stepova.There are 9 scientific and pedagogical workers, including 2 doctors of sciences, 6 candidates of sciences, and 10 associate professors of the department (6 - full-time form of study, 3 - evening form of study at the expense of legal entities and individuals, 1 - evening form of study by state order). The department has a scientific society of cadets and students, whose members are involved in research work, participate in conferences, scientific seminars, round tables, etc. Applicants of the Department of Environmental Safety annually participate in the All-Ukrainian Olympiads in environmental disciplines and competitions of scientific works.
The training is carried out in order to train officers of the SES of Ukraine - state inspectors for man-made, environmental safety and civilian environmental specialists. After graduating from university, graduates can work in the following structures:
- Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine;
- Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine;
- Ministry of Internal Affairs;
- State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies (State Inspector for Environmental and Man-Made Safety, Leading Specialist of the Department, PRP Engineer);
- State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine;
- State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine;
- State Ecological Inspectorate of Ukraine;
- Departments of ecology and natural resources of regional state administrations;
- In the departments of ecology and protection of industrial enterprises (institutions);
- In research institutions;
- In educational institutions of higher education;
- In public organizations, reserves, national parks.
Research and teaching staff of the department pay considerable attention to the practical training of cadets and students, share experience in overcoming emergencies with environmental imbalance in Ukraine and other countries to analyze errors and identify the most effective actions and tools for environmental safety.
An important place in the educational process is occupied by field training practices in different landscape areas of Lviv region, in areas with different degrees of man-made impact. Equally, significant are internships in territorial structures of the SES of Ukraine, state environmental inspections of Lviv and other regions of Ukraine, the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of regional state administrations, laboratories of environmental and related profiles of a number of enterprises and organizations.
Emergencies of natural and man-made nature and elimination of their consequences are inextricably linked with the impact on the environment and control of its condition. Therefore, in order to train specialists of the fire and rescue service - state inspectors for man-made and environmental safety and environmental specialists in 2006, the Department of Environmental Safety was established. The Department of Environmental Security was headed by: Lieutenant Colonel of the Civil Defense Service, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Andriy Volodymyrovych Sibirny; Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Yury Mykola Fedorovych; Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Stoyko Stepan Mikhailovich; Candidate of Geological Sciences, Associate Professor Vasyl V. Karabin; Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Lieutenant Colonel of the Civil Protection Service Popovych Vasyl Vasyliovych; Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Colonel of the Civil Defense Service Balanyuk Volodymyr Mirchovych. The acting head of the department is Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Kateryna Viktorivna Stepova.
In 2009 the department successfully passed the accreditation in the field of "Ecology, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Environmental Management" (bachelors), and in 2011 - in the specialty 8.04010601 "Ecology and Environment" (master's degree). In 2014-2015, re-accreditations were successfully passed at the educational and qualification levels of bachelor, specialist and master, which is reflected in the accreditation certificates and licenses. 3 In 2015, the department has an adjunct in the specialty 21.06.01 "Environmental Safety" (technical sciences), and in 2016 for the first time was developed and approved (Minutes of the Academic Council of the University № 5 from 19.02.2016) educational and scientific program "Ecology" training of applicants for higher education of the third (educational and scientific) level in the specialty 101 Ecology.
In 2020, the Department of Environmental Safety successfully passed the accreditation of the educational program "Ecology and Environmental Protection" in the specialty 101 Ecology first (bachelor's) level.
Department staff:
There are 2 professors, 5 associate professors, 1 senior lecturer and 4 lecturers at the department.
Research and teaching staff:
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Current acting head of the Department Kateryna STEPOVA Candidate of Technical Sciences |
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Professor of the department Andrii KUZYK D.Sc., Professor Colonel of the Civil Protection Service |
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Professor of the department Vasyl POPOVYCH Doctor of Technical Sciences |
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Associate Professor of the Department Nataliia HRYNCHYSHYN |
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Lecturer at the Department Taras SHUPLAT Candidate of Agricultural Sciences |
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Associate Professor of the Department Uliana KHROMIAK Candidate of Technical Sciences |
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Senior lecturer of the department Iryna DUMAS Candidate of Geographical Sciences i.dumas@ldubgd.edu.ua |
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Lecturer at the Department Iryna KOCHMAR |
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Lecturer at the Department Nataliia HOTSII Candidate of Agricultural Sciences |
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Lecturer at the Department Pavlo BOSAK Major of the Civil Protection
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Head of Research Environmental Safety Laboratories Vitalii PETROVSKYI |
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Adjunct at the Department Kateryna KOROL Captain of the Civil Protection |
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Adjunct at the Department Vladyslav SHURYHIN Captain of the Civil Protection |
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Adjunct at the Department Tetiana SKYBA Senior Lieutenant Civil Protection |
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Adjunct at the Department Roman KONANETS Lieutenant colonel of Civil Protection |
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Adjunct at the Department Iryna FEDIV Senior lieutenant of Civil Protection |
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Adjunct at the Department Viktor KOPYLOV Lieutenant colonel of Civil Protection |
Courses are taught at the department:
Scientific-methodical work of the department:
- Grinchishin N.M. Human ecology. Workshop: Teaching tool. / N.M. Grinchishin. - Lviv: LSU BDZ, 2018 - 91 p.
- Survival in an Autonomous Life: Educ. tool. / I.M.Ozarkov, I.A.Sokolovsky, N.G.Adamovsky, E.P.Kuninets, O.I. Derekh, G.V. Somar, Y.V. Knish, B.M. Peretyatko. - Lviv: ZUCC, 2015. - 128 p.
- Borschishin I.D. Analytical Chemistry and Methods for Analyzing Environmental Parameters [Text]: workshop for a seminar. occupation: teaching tool. for students. ecology. spec. higher. teach. closed / I.D. Borschishin, M.F. Yurim. - L.Spom, 2012. - 135 p.
- Yurim M.F. Meteorology and Climatology: a textbook. / M.F. Yurim. - Lviv: LSU LS, 2011. - 104 p.
- Yurim M.F. Hydrology: a textbook / M.F. Yurym, A.V. Sibirny. - Lviv: LSU LS, 2009. - 176 p.
- Instruments and methods of environmental monitoring: a textbook. / MF Yurym, AV Sibirnyi, OV Martyniak, NM Grinchyshyn. - Lviv: LSU BDZ, 2009. - 238 p.
- Grinchyshyn N.M. Nature conservation case: textbook / N.M. Grinchishin. - Lviv: LSU LS, 2008. - 226 p.
- Snitinskiy V.V. Soil science with the basics of agrochemistry and geobotany: study. manual - publisher 2, [revised and supplemented] / В.В. Snitinskiy, V.F. Yakobenchuk. - Lviv: Avers Publishing House, 2006. - 312 p
Scientific research work
The main directions of scientific research of the department are all three segments of modern ecology, namely bioecology, geoecology and technoecology:
1. “Phytomelioration, phytoremediation and biological methods of restoration of devastated landscapes” (Vasyl Popovych, Ph.D., Iryna Dumas, Ph.D., Taras Shuplat, Ph.D., Ph.D. Natalia Gotsiy, Candidate of Technical Sciences Pavlo Bosak);
2. “Use of industrial waste in environmental technologies” (Ph.D. Kateryna Stepova, Ph.D. Ulyana Khromyak);
3. "Pollution of soils, surface and groundwater" (Ph.D. Natalia Hrynchyshyn, Ph.D. Leonid Sisa, lecturer Irina Kochmar).
In 2021, research work began on the following topics:
1. "Reduction of environmental stress created by the ingress of heavy metals and detergents into the environment." (state registration number 0121U111559. Authors: Ph.D. Kateryna Stepova, adjuncts: Iryna Fediv, Roman Konanets);
2. "Technogenic and ecological safety of waste heaps of coal mines, landfills for solid waste and pyrogen-transformed areas". (state registration number 0121U113363. Authors: Vasyl Popovych, Ph.D., Kateryna Stepova, Ph.D., Halyna Telegina, Ph.D., Oksana Stanislavchuk, Ph.D., Ph.D. Orislava Gornostay, Candidate of Technical Sciences Taras Shuplat, Candidate of Technical Sciences Pavlo Bosak, Candidate of Technical Sciences Natalia Popovych, Candidate of Technical Sciences Natalia Gotsiy, Adjuncts of the Department: Kateryna Korol , Tetyana Skyba, Iryna Fediv, Roman Konanets, Bohdan Boychuk, Andriy Voloshchyshyn, Andriy Gapalo)
In the period 2016-2020, research work was conducted on the topics: "Ecological safety of hydrolytosphere in the coal mining areas of the Lviv-Volyn coal basin" (№ state registration 0114U005418. Authors of the report: Ph.D. Vasyl Popovych, PhD, lecturer of the department Iryna Kochmar); “Monitoring of coal waste heaps at PJSC Lviv Coal Company” (State Registration No. 0116U005546. Authors of the report: Bohdan Stein, Ph.D., Vasyl Popovych, Ph.D., Candidate of Geological Sciences). Vasil Karabin). The main results of the research work are the identification of sources of spontaneous combustion of heap rocks at depths of 0.5-2.5 m, spatial and temporal models of the dynamics of thermal fields in the heap rocks of PJSC "Lviv Coal Company". In 2016-2017, a study was conducted on the topic: "Environmental safety of the Tysmenytsia river basin" (Ph.D. geologist Vasyl Karabin, Ph.D. Leonid Sisa).
In 2013-2016, employees of the department participated in the project of the Ukrainian Science and Technology Center "Reduction of radioactive waste generated by the accident at the Fukushima-Daichi NPP (project STCU 5952), and in 2016 under the grant №2015-2-UR01-KA107-022785 under the ERASMUS + program made a working trip to Kingston University (London, UK).
On the subject of scientific activity of the department we are proud of the successful defense of dissertations of scientific and pedagogical workers and applicants of the department:
On December 18, 2019, Taras Ihorovych Shuplat, a lecturer at the Department of Environmental Safety, successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Agricultural Sciences in the specialty 03.00.16 - Ecology Head Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Vladimir Panasovich Kucheryavy).
On November 26, 2020, the successful defense of the candidate's dissertation of the lecturer of the department Gotsiy Natalia Danylivna on the topic: Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Kucheryavy Volodymyr Panasovych).
On April 29, 2021, the successful defense of the candidate's dissertation of the candidate of the Department of Environmental Safety Bosak Pavel Vladimirovich, submitted for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences in specialty 21.06.01 - Environmental Safety on the topic: "Environmental safety of wastewater waste heaps Supervisor Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vasyl Popovych).
On May 13, 2021 the successful defense of the candidate's dissertation of the candidate of the Department of Ecological Safety Pinder Volodymyr Fedorovich was submitted for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences in specialty 21.06.01 - Environmental Safety on the topic: Supervisor Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vasyl Popovych).
Material-technical base:
The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments of physicochemical methods of analysis of environmental parameters, which allow monitoring of territories and objects, which were exposed to emergency situations and man-made accidents. In July 2014, the Environmental Safety Laboratory was certified for measurement (Certificate of Attestation No. RL 097/14 of 28.07.2014).
The laboratory is actively used for practical and professional training of environmental specialists. The laboratory examines the real experience of managing emergencies in Ukraine and foreign countries in order to analyze errors and identify the most effective actions and means of ensuring environmental safety.
Areas of research:
The research directions of the department cover all three segments of modern ecology, namely bioecology, geoecology and technoecology:
- “Bioindication and biological methods of rehabilitation of contaminated territories” (Prof. Stoyko S.M., Roguly A.S., Melnyk O.S.).
- “Use of industrial waste in environmental technologies” (Petrova M.A., Stepova K.V., Khromyak V.V.).
- “Soil, surface and groundwater contamination” (Assoc. Prof. Karabin V.V., Assoc. Prof. Grinchyshyn N.M.).
Science students and cadets:
The department has a scientific society of cadets and students whose members are involved in research work, participate in conferences, scientific seminars.
National competitions. Students and students of the department participate annually in the All-Ukrainian competition of scientific works in the field of ecology. In March 2016, cadet Christina Prishchepa presented the work "Phytotonotoxic hydrocarbons in the second round of the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works on natural, technical and human sciences in the field of knowledge" Ecology and ecological safety "at the Poltava National Technical University named after Yuri Kondratyuk white »(the head of Grinchyshyn N.M.) and received 3 place among 136 works from 67 higher educational establishments of Ukraine. In previous years at the All-Ukrainian competitions of student scientific works cadets Yulia Rak (head Karabin V.V.), Ivanets Khristina, Irina Palchuk (head Grinchishin N.M.) presented their works.
In 2018, students and students of the Department of Environmental Safety participated in the All-Ukrainian Olympiads in environmental disciplines and competitions of scientific works, namely:
1. Competition in Poltava, II round of the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works on the field of knowledge "Ecology". Poltava Y.Kondratyuk National Technical U-Theta (D. Goncharenko);
2. Competition of scientific works on a specialty "Technology of environmental protection", Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies (Kozak M.);
3. Contest of scientific works on a specialty "Technogenic safety", LSU LS (Chulak R.);
4. Participation in the 3rd round of the competition 2017/18 of the Tomorrow.UA scholarship program, Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko Institute of Postgraduate Education (S. Poroshenko);
5. Second round of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad on "General Ecology", OU of bioresources and nature management (Poroshenko S., Ablametova Y., Brynetbka S.);
6. Round II of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad on Environmental Economics, Lviv National Agrarian University (Zayets Yu, Musiy K.);
7. Round II of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Environmental Safety Kremenchuk National University M. Ostrogradsky (Goncharenko Y.).
International competitions
Starting from 2012, cadets and ecological students of 3-5 courses take part in the prestigious international competition "Scientific Debut. Sustainable Development ”under the auspices of President Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament 2009-2012. In 2012, out of 200 scientific papers submitted for the competition, 20 were selected from Ukraine, and 5 of them belonged to cadets-ecologists of LSUBZhD (supervisors: VV Karabin, MA Petrova, K.V. Stepova). In March 2013, 12 of the best students from Ukraine were invited to an international scientific conference in Warsaw (Poland). The organizer of the competition Jerzy Buzek noted the high level of work presented by cadets-ecologists.
In 2014-2015, the Department of Environmental Safety at the competition "Scientific Debut. Sustainable Development ”was represented by students Zemlyakova Valery, Ben Oksana (Head Petrov MA), cadets Boychuk Khristina (Head Grinchishin NM), Snail Ulyana (Head Karabin VV), Natalia Tour (Head Stepova K.V. .).
Scientific-pedagogical workers carry out scientific researches with pupils of schools of Lviv region within the framework of vocational guidance. In 2012, a student of the village. Ivano-Frankivsk, under the guidance of the department's employees, performed the work "Determination of the degree of air pollution in the village. Ivano-Frankivs of Yavoriv district of Lviv region ».
У жовтні 2012 року курсанти кафедри взяли участь у конференції студентів, аспірантів та молодих вчених „Молодь у вирішення екологічних проблем сьогодення” (м. Кам’янець-Подільський) та отримали нагороди за високий рівень представлених робіт.
Cultural events, entertainment:
In October 2018 the senior lecturer of the department Dumas IZ together with their group EK-31 made a study trip to the Skole Beskids National Nature Park. The road to the Powder Range was amazing and inspiring and fascinating. Mysterious fogs and snow !!!
Scientific research work:
assessment of environmental risk of environmental pollution;
environmental impact assessment of mining complexes;
environmental safety of production (wastewater treatment, waste disposal);
purification of drainage waters of landfills for solid household waste;
creation of means for biological reclamation with the use of man-made waste;
rehabilitation of ecosystems affected by emergencies;
mathematical modeling of pollutant inflow, migration and transformation processes in soils, surface and groundwater.
A number of candidate's dissertations have been defended on these topics and scientific papers have been published in foreign professional publications of the Scopus and Web of Science scientometric databases, as well as in scientific professional publications of Ukraine.
- Malgozhata Maider-Lopatka "Influence of external factors on the readings of multi-gas detectors";
- Artur Ankovsky "Monitoring of risk factors in landfills";
- Associate Professor Irina Fedov "Treatment of wastewater from surfactants by adsorption method";
- teacher Pavlo Bosak, associate professor Roman Konanets "Impact of natural landfills on the environment";
- Associate Professor Natalia Hrynchyshyn "Composting of organic matter of solid waste and compost quality";
- teacher Taras Shuplat, Natalia Popovych "Ecological features of the formation of the microclimate of juniper bushes in the urban ecosystem";
- Barabara Shikula-Pietz, Isabella Grabowska-Lepczak "Social Sustainability in the Context of Ecology - Education, Prevention, Culture of Trust";
- Barabara Shikula-Pietz, Isabella Grabowska-Lepczak, "Tools for raising environmental awareness in local communities";
- teacher Irina Kochmar "Environmental problems of industrial waste storage";
- Associate Professor Igor Shukel, Associate Professor Olga Menshikova, "The use of sewage sludge in Lviv as an organic mineral fertilizer."
The participants from the Polish side also gave the following lectures with the cadets of the University: Isabella Graboska-Lenczak: Security Education (CB-41); Analysis of public consciousness on the topic of security (CBO13, CBO23, CB12); Anti-terrorist education (CB-31). Barbara Shikula-Piec: Social Sustainability (CB-42); Culture of trust (EC-11); Influence of external factors on stress (CB-32). Participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the best practices of the Republic of Poland with a further vision of implementation in the Lviv region. It was interesting and informative to visit the Hrybovytsia landfill, where the Ukrainian-Polish delegation conducted a series of studies on the composition of landfill gas and the surface temperature of the landfill; got acquainted with the features and course of reclamation processes and implementation options after reclamation projects. Polish scientists noted significant progress in the implementation of environmental projects and once again expressed the belief in the need for further close cooperation between the Main School of State Fire Service of the Republic of Poland and Lviv State University of Life Safety.
• features of the occurrence and spread of fires in natural ecosystems (forest fires, fires in landfills and waste heaps of mines) and the study of conditions that contribute to this;
• ecological danger of fires in natural ecosystems;
• ecological danger of devastated landscapes (landfills, waste heaps of mines, man-made reservoirs, industrial facilities);
• scientific bases of localization and liquidation of fires in natural ecosystems;
• efficiency of operation of vehicles for firefighting in natural ecosystems, problems of technical support;
• degradation of forest ecosystems under the influence of natural and anthropogenic processes;
• reclamation and phytomelioration of devastated landscapes formed as a result of fires in natural ecosystems;
• urban ecology, landscape architecture, horticulture, forestry, agroecology, bioindication;
• application of geographic information systems and computer technologies in environmental safety, modeling of dangerous processes and phenomena in the environment, assessment of environmental risks.
Information for entrants:
The Department of Environmental Safety prepares specialists of educational and qualification levels: Bachelor, Specialist and Master
Forms of study: full-time, part-time
At the Lviv State University of Life Sciences, both cadets and students acquire the profession of ecologist.
The educational process is ensured by:
- training laboratories;
- Library with free internet access (Wi-Fi);
- numerous electronic resources;
- modern gym, gym and stadium;
- hostel.
All full-time students have the opportunity to simultaneously study at the military department and obtain the rank of junior lieutenant of the reserve, which opens new employment opportunities in the power structures of the state.
The best students and cadets participate in international scientific-practical conferences, and annually win prizes in scientific competitions.
LSU LS is a member of the European Fire Service Colleges Association (EFSCA) Association of Higher Education Institutions of the European Union.
in structures
Of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the following positions:
· State environmental and technogenic safety inspector;
· Leading specialist of the department;
· PRZ engineer;
State Environmental Inspectorate in the post:
· State Inspector of Environmental Protection;
State Department of Ecology and Natural Resources in the post:
· Leading (chief) specialist of the department;
other prestigious positions in the structures of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the Ministry of Revenue and Charges of Ukraine, the Environmental Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Industry of Ukraine, regional and city state administrations, educational institutions, reserves, national parks;
in the departments of ecology and labor protection of industrial enterprises;
research institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and other organizations in Ukraine and abroad,
Department of Environmental Safety of LSU LS
Admission of students to the university in educational and professional programs of bachelor's training is carried out at the competition on the basis of the results of external independent assessment (EIT) in the following subjects:
· Ukrainian language and literature;
· History of Ukraine;
· Biology or geography.
There are no additional exams or interviews for applicants in the student cohort.
Candidates for the training on the state order (candidates for cadets), additionally pass the examination on physical training, undergo medical examination by the Military Medical Commission and psychological and professional selection.
Individuals who enter the training at the expense of individuals and legal entities, apply for participation in the competitive selection in paper or electronic form.
Enrollment is based on competitive selection. The order for enrollment in full-time study is issued no later than 25 August .
