Faculty of Plant Protection, Biotechnology and Ecology

General Ecology, Radiobiology and Life Safety Department

13 Geroiv Oboroni St., Kyiv, 03041, Ukraine

Bondar Valeriia

Associate Professor

Senior Researcher , Candidate of Agricultural Sciences
Disciplines

  • General Ecology

  • Ecology

  • Occupational Safety and Health

  • Poisons and Their Hazards to Humans

  • Environmental Monitoring

Education

  • Agricultural Ecologist (specialisation in Ecology and Environmental Protection, 2001).

  • Candidate of Agricultural Sciences (specialty 03.00.16 – Ecology, 2006).


In 2001, she graduated with honours from the Faculty of Agrochemistry and Soil Science at the National Agrarian University. In 2006, she defended her Candidate of Agricultural Sciences dissertation at the Institute of Agroecology and Biotechnology of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS). Since 14 March 2011, she has been employed as an Associate Professor at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP of Ukraine).

Dissertation research

In 2006, she defended her dissertation entitled “Ecotoxicological Assessment of Mineral Fertilizers Based on Arsenic Behaviour in Agroecosystems” at the Institute of Agroecology and Biotechnology of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS).

Scientific interests

Her research interests encompass environmental assessment and agroecology.

  • Agroecological Monitoring: Ecotoxicological assessment of mineral fertilizers, particularly the behaviour of arsenic in agroecosystems.
  • Environmental Assessment: Evaluation of crop production technologies.
  • Innovative Crop Production: Application of nanopreparations in crop production.
  • Environmental Impacts of Warfare: Investigation and analysis of the consequences of war for Ukraine’s natural resources.


A total of 76 publications, including 35 articles in specialised scientific journals and 15 scientific and methodological recommendations.

Internship

  1. Remote Research and Academic Staff Training Programme “Writing a Research Project Proposal,” Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland), 6 November – 8 December 2023. Certificate awarded.

  2. Professional Development Programme for Academic and Teaching Staff of Agricultural Higher Education Institutions in Agroecology and Natural Resource Management. Certificate No. AA13722479/000054-23.

  3. Distance Learning Course “Academic Writing and Publishing,” delivered within the framework of project CPEA-2015/10108, “Joint Ukrainian–Norwegian Educational Programme in Environmental Radioactivity,” 14 February – 4 March 2022. Certificate No. 10-2022-38.

  4. “Google Digital Tools for Education” – Basic Level, LLC Academy of Digital Development, 2022. Certificate No. GDTfE-03-Б-00003.

  5. “Google Digital Tools for Education” – Intermediate Level, LLC Academy of Digital Development, 2022. Certificate No. GDTfE-03-C-00350.

  6. “Google Digital Tools for Education” – Advanced Level, LLC Academy of Digital Development, 2022. Certificate No. GDTfE-03-П-00009.

  7. International Training Programme “Multidisciplinary Approaches in Education and Research,” Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 26 September – 4 November 2022.

  8. “Digital Modernization of Lecturing in Ukrainian Agricultural Universities,” Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany, DAAD Project No. 57514792, 9–13 November 2021.

Expert, project and community activitie

  1. Research Project Contributor under Research and Development Agreement No. 221/0188, “Scientific Substantiation for the Return of Radioactively Contaminated Lands in Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone 2, Withdrawn from Use, to Agricultural Production to Enhance Ukraine’s Food Supply Potential”, State Registration No. 0123U105253, 2023–2024. Funding: grant from the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU).

  2. Principal Investigator of an Initiative-Based Research Project, “Scientific Substantiation of a Methodology for the Environmental Assessment of Crop Production Technologies” (State Registration No. 0116U001885), National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 2015–2023. Funding: institutional initiative.

  3. Research Project Contributor, “Biotechnology for the Identification and Control of Bacterial Pathogens of Solanaceous Crops to Address the Food Crisis in Ukraine”, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 2023. Funding: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

  4. Research Project Contributor, “Assessment of the Structure and Diversity of the Microbial Metagenome of Typical Chernozem and Investigation of the Ecological and Biological Mechanisms Underlying Its Functional Properties” (State Registration No. 0117U002544), National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 2017–2019. Funding: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Project record.

  5. Research Project Contributor to the R&D project “Cellulose-Degrading Activity of Soil Microflora in the Ukrainian Polissia under Radioactive Contamination and Its Role in Soil Formation Processes, Including in Pyrogenically Transformed Soils” (State Registration No. 0120U104939), 2020–2021. Funding: grant from the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU).


  6. Member of the Jury for the Second Stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in General Ecology, pursuant to NUBiP of Ukraine Order No. 80 dated 2 February 2018, and in 2019 (held at NUBiP of Ukraine, Kyiv).

  7. Academic Secretary of Specialized Academic Council D 26.004.02 at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, authorized to accept and conduct the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor or Candidate of Agricultural Sciences in the specializations 03.00.20 “Biotechnology,” 03.00.16 “Ecology,” and 06.01.11 “Phytopathology,” with the term of appointment running until 6 June 2025.
Selected publications

1. V.Bondar, V. Petrenko, A. Topalov, L. Khudolii, Yu. Honcharuk. Profiling and geographical distribution of seed oil content of sunflower in Ukraine. Oil Crop Science (2023), (Q4). doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocsci.2023.05.002.
2. Kosovska N., Makarenko N., Bondar V., Matviikiv А., Symochko L. (2022). Soil microbiome under the influence of nano and biopreparations. International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES), Vol. 12 (3): 1-8, https://doi.org/10.31407/ijees12.3, WoS, (Q4).
3. Makarenko N., Bondar V., Makarenko V., Symochko L. (2021). Zinc deficiency in soils of Ukraine: possible causes and regulatory mechanisms. International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES), Vol. 11 (4):857-866, https://doi.org/10.31407/ijees11.4, WoS, (Q4).
4. Makarenko N., Bondar V., Makarenko V., Symochko L. (2020). Nanoagrochemicals: ecotoxicological risk assessment. International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES), Vol. 10 (1):87-98, https://doi.org/10.31407/ijees10.1, WoS, (Q4).
5. Makarenko N., Bondar V. (2020) Winter wheat growing in Ukraine: ecological assessment of technologies by the influence on soil fertility. Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 115(1):67–78, doi:10.14720/aas.2020.115.1.7, Scopus, (Q3).
6. Makarenko N., Bondar V., Makarenko V., Symochko L. (2020). Factors affecting mobility of zinc in soils of Ukraine. International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES), Vol. 10 (4):587-594; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31407/ijees10.402, WoS, (Q4).
7. Bondar V., Makarenko N., Symochko L. (2019). Lead mobility in the soil of different agroecosystems. - International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science(IJEES), Vol. 9(4): 709-716, https://doi.org/10.31407/ijees94, WoS (Q4).