Research Institute of Biology

The Research Institute of Biology is a leading scientific institution in Central and Southeast Ukraine. It provides complex scientific research and training in different fields of modern Biology, Ecology, and Nature Conservation.

Director of the Institute of Biology Dr. Iryna IVANKO ORCID: 0000-0001-6542-1015 E-mail: ivanko_ndi_biol_dnu@i.ua, ivankoirina45@gmail.com

The Research Institute was initially established in 1927 as the Dnipropetrovsk State Hydrobiological Station. It should study the biological state of the Dnieper River before and after the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station and the creation of the first large water reservoir in Europe (1927–1932). The Station was reorganized into the Research Institute of Hydrobiology in 1934. Since those times,  Research Institute actually became the centre of hydrobiological research in Central and Southeast Ukraine. Then the Institute broadened its area of research activity to Ecology, Zoology, Geobotany, Soil Science, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, etc. That is why it was renamed the Research Institute of Biology in 1974.

The first Director of the Institute was Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of USSR, Prof. Dmytro Svyrenko. Then this position was occupied by Prof. H.B. Mel'nykov, Prof. P.O. Zhuravel', Prof. I.P. Lubianov, Prof. O.M. Vynnychenko, and Assoc. Prof. A.F. Kulik.

We are proud that such outstanding scientists as Prof. P.P. Shyrshov, Academician, Prof. M.F. Yaroshenko, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prof. A.P. Travleev, Prof. S.P. Fedii, Prof. L.H. Dolhova, Prof. A.I. Vinnikov, Prof. A.I. Dvoretskyi, Prof. V.L. Bulakhov and many others were members of our research staff at different times.

Nowadays the fields of our research include but are not limited to:

The Research Institute of Biology holds international scientific relations with many research institutions throughout the world. Most studies are devoted to applied solutions for actual tasks of the economic development in Ukraine and abroad. The Institute cooperates with industrial and agricultural enterprises of different patterns of ownership that allows implementing research advances in the real economy.

At this time, the Research Institute of Biology has 7 Research Laboratories, namely:

	Dr. Oleh MARENKOV   Head of Research Laboratory Hydrobiology, Ichthyology and Radiobiology   ORCID: 0000-0002-3456-2496 E-mail: gidrobions@gmail.com		Prof. Olexandr PAKHOMOV   Head of Research Laboratory Laboratory of Biomonitoring ORCID: 0000-0002-5192-6140 E-mail: a.pakhomov@i.ua
	Prof. Halyna USHAKOVA   Head of Research Laboratory of Biochemistry   ORCID: 0000-0002-5633-2739 E-mail: ushakova_g@ukr.net		Prof. Yuriy LYKHOLAT    Head of Research Laboratory Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants   ORCID: 0000-0003-3354-8251 E-mail: lykholat2006@ukr.net
	Dr. Tetyana SKLYAR      Head of Research Laboratory Molecular Biology of Microorganisms and Microbial Biotechnology   ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-2460 E-mail: microviro@ukr.net		Dr. Borys BARANOVSKYI    Head of Research Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecology, Forest Soil Science and Land Reclamation   ORCID: 0000-0003-0732-7447 E-mail: boris.baranovski@ukr.net

The Institute’s staff numbers more than 20 qualified employees including Doctors of Science and PhDs. Research and service laboratories are equipped with modern scientific tools.

The Research Institute of Biology is integrated into the educational process of the University and involves students in doing research at a modern scientific level.