Svitlana Boychenko, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-5988, (uaclimate@gmail.com). Assoc. Prof., Doctor of Sciences–Leading Researcher at the S. I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine and Prof. of Department of Environmental Studies, National University of Kyiv–Mohyla Academy 1. Education background including institution information and year of graduation: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine (specialization of “Geoecology”), 1996 Ph.D. of Geographic Sciences (specialization in Meteorology, Climatology and Agrometeorology), 2001 Associated Professor of Meteorology and Climatology, 2003 Doctor of Geographic Sciences (specialization in Meteorology, Climatology and Agrometeorology), 2007 2. Current and previous research interests: Climate Ukraine, climate change, weather phenomena, bioclimatic index, semi-empirical models, scenarios