Title Researcher, Associate Chair, Department of Biology of Extremophilic Microorganisms, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Educational Background Ph.D. (Microbiology), D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2016 М.S. (Microbiology), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2013 Current and Previous Institutional Affiliations Researcher, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017– present. Junior researcher, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2016–2017. Engineer of 1 category, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2011–2016. Area of expertise Dark hydrogen fermentation of multi component food waste. Development the universal biotechnologies of treatment of organic and metal containing waste with obtaining of energy carriers (H2, CH4). The thermodynamic prediction of microbial interaction with metals. Iron-reducing microorganisms of extreme ecosystems, regulation of microbial metabolism. Internship The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, the USA. Short-term scholar. 2017, 2020 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, the USA. Short-term scholar. 2020