EDUCATION

PhD, Food Science and Technology, Mississippi State University, USA, 2010.

PhD thesis: Depuration as a Method to Reduce Vibrio Vulnificus Populations in Live Crassostrea Virginica Oysters.

Master’s degree (Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion with Minor in Biochemistry), Mississippi State University, USA, 2005.

Master's degree (Food Technology and Engineering), Ternopil State Technical University, Ukraine, 2003.

RESEARCH INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE

• biochemistry, physiology, adaptation and survival of pathogenic bacteria, as well as opportunistic pathogens;
• nutritional properties of specialty foods and their influence on human organism.