Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Biochemistry named after Academician M. F. Gulyi

Kyiv, Potekhina str.16, building 12

Viktor A. Tomchuk

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Професор
Education

Viktor Tomchuk was born on June 21, 1959. In 1984 he graduated from the Veterinary Faculty of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (now the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine). He specializes in veterinary medicine. In 1991, he graduated from the postgraduate department of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy and defended his PhD thesis on "Peculiarities of cAMP, cGMP and prostaglandin metabolism in the isolated small intestinal epithelium of cattle depending on age and pathology" - Candidate of Biological Sciences, specialty 03.00.04 - Biochemistry. In 2013, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic: "Lipid metabolism in the body of newborn calves with acute digestive disorders and after the use of enterosorbents" - Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, specialty 03.00.04 - biochemistry. Tomchuk V.A. began his scientific career in 1984 as a junior researcher at the research laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy.

Dissertation research

From 1991 to 1994 he worked as an assistant of the department; from 1994 - associate professor of the department; from 1994 to 2007 - vice-rector of the university, from 2013 - professor of the department; 2011-2015 - acting head of the Department of Animal Biochemistry, Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products named after Academician M.F. Gulyi.Professor Tomchuk V.A. teaches the discipline "Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry" for students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. He is the head of the scientific club "Clinical Biochemistry".

Scientific interests

Study of molecular mechanisms of regulation of metabolic processes in animals.

Expert, project and community activitie
Member of two specialized academic councils for the defense of doctoral dissertations. He is a member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Scientific and Technical Council of the Research Institute of Animal Health, the Biochemical Society of Ukraine and the editorial board of the journals Poultry Farming and Biological Resources and Nature Management.
He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, "Excellence in Agricultural Education and Science", the Acknowledgment of the Mayor of Kyiv, the Certificate of Honor of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, "For Merit in Veterinary Medicine of the 3rd Degree", the Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.
Selected publications

Author of more than 250 scientific and methodological works. Including a textbook, 5 manuals, a monograph, and 3 patents.