Oksana Savenko
marine biologist
Researcher, and research associate of the National Antarctic Science Centre. Oksana is the first and so far the only woman who participated in the two-year-long expeditions to the Akademik Vernadskyi station.
Olha Zakhozhai
astrophysicist
Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, works at the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and cooperates with the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (Germany). She studies exoplanets — planets outside the solar system.
Inessa Skrypkina
molecular biologist
PhD in Biology, head of the Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Biosynthesis, senior researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Studies brain cancer cells.
Maryna Skvyria
zoologist
Co-founder of the "White Rock" bear shelter, chief zoologist of the Kyiv Zoo. Studies large predators (wolves, bears).
Kateryna Terletska
mathematician
PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, promoter of Mathematics, winner of the L'Oreal Award for Women in Science. Kateryna studies the internal waves of the ocean.
Tetiana Drevytska
molecular physiologist
Candidate of biological sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Physiology named after O.O. Bogomolets, geneticist. Researches acute respiratory distress syndrome — a complication in the lungs that accompanies covid in the most severe patients.
Olena Kompaniiets
astrophysicist
Olena works at the Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the department of extragalactic astronomy and astroinformatics. She studies active galactic nuclei. Olena is head of the young scientists' board of the Observatory and science populariser.
Hanna Kuzio
ornithologist
Ornithologist and ecologist, works in the international nature conservation organization "Frankfurt Zoological Society", popularizer of science and bird watching
Mariia Pavlovska
marine microbiologist
Master of Science at Uppsala University (Sweden), participant of the seasonal expedition to the Akademik Vernadsky station, SCAR Fellowship recipient in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany)
Olia Maliuta
embryologist
Specializes in IVF, artificial insemination, reproductive medicine, infertility, etc. Populariser of science.
Vira Iefremova
neuroscientist
PhD in Molecular Biomedicine. Vira studies brain development disorders using stem cells at the University of California, Berkeley (USA). Her work will help children with genetic brain diseases that cause frequent epilepsy.
Yuliya Krasylenko
biologist
PhD in biology, cell biologist, researcher of Crimean flora. Co-founder of the Druid Drone project.
