Department of Pedology and Soil Geography

  • Про кафедру
  • Співробітники
  • Навчальні курси
  • Викладацький розклад
  • Дослідження
  • Методичні матеріали
  • Історія кафедри
  • Новини

The department trains highly qualified specialists at the bachelor’s level in the specialty 103 Earth Sciences, specializing in “Soil Science and Land Valuation” (since the 2018-2019 academic year) and at the master’s level in the specialization “Applied Soil Science and Land Valuation.”
The department’s professors teach a range of courses in educational programs 106 Geography, 106 Geography EPP “Urbanism, Spatial Planning, and Regional Development,” 106 Geography EPP “Economic and Social Geography,” and 183 Environmental Protection Technologies EPP “Geoinformation Technologies for Environmental Protection.”
Upon defending their master’s thesis, graduates are awarded the qualification “Master of Earth Sciences in the specialization of Applied Soil Science and Land Valuation.”
Department faculty also teach courses at the Biological and Geological Faculties.
The department offers postgraduate and doctoral studies.
There are 10 faculty members in the department, including 6 professors (doctors of sciences) and 4 associate professors (candidates of sciences), as well as 1 head of the educational laboratory and 3 support staff members.
The department includes the Educational-Scientific Laboratory for “Soil and Natural Water Analysis.”

Співробітники

В.о. завідувача кафедриZinovy PankivВ.о. завідувача кафедри
ПрофесорVolodymyr HaskevychПрофесор
ПрофесорAndrew KyrylchukПрофесор
ПрофесорStepan PozniakПрофесор
ПрофесорTaras YamelynetsПрофесор
ДоцентOksana BonishkoДоцент
ДоцентGalina IvanyukДоцент
ДоцентYury NakonechnyДоцент
ДоцентIgor PapishДоцент
ДоцентAlex TelehuzДоцент
АсистентLily Maznyk-LishchynskaАсистент
АсистентYaroslav VitvitskyАсистент
Інженер 1 категоріїEugenia BolyuhІнженер 1 категорії
АспірантYaroslav BorysАспірант
АспірантOlena KalinichАспірант
АспірантRoman MalykАспірант
АспірантStepan MalykАспірант
АспірантAndriana YavorskaАспірант

Викладацький розклад



Методичні матеріали

Дослідження

The Department of Soil Science and Soil Geography is a leading educational and research center of soil science in the Western region of Ukraine. The faculty members have achieved remarkable success in science, become well-known experts, and contributed to the development of soil science in Ukraine.

During its functioning, the department has trained more than 300 highly qualified soil scientists, 9 Doctors of Sciences and 41 Candidates of Sciences, including 5 Doctors of Philosophy in the specialty 103 Earth Sciences. The Department has a specialized academic council for the degree of Doctor of Science in the specialty 11.00.05 – Biogeography and Geography of Soils.

The department has established and operates a scientific school of genetic soil science.

The results of scientific research by the Department staff of Soil Science and Soil Geography are covered in many professional Ukrainian and foreign publications, including journals indexed in scientometric databases. In 1998, the department established the Soils of Ukraine series, which has published 30 monographs so far.

The book “Professor Ivan Gogolev” was published in the series “Ukrainian Soil Scientists” (Lviv, 2009). The department’s faculty published 2 textbooks, 28 manuals, and 15 methodological materials.

The leading areas of scientific activity of the staff of the Department of Soil Science and Soil Geography are the development of theoretical and practical foundations of genesis, geography, classification and ecology of soils, clarification of the ecological role of soil in the biosphere, solving the problem of rational use and protection of soils, establishing classification and diagnostic features and parameters of soils in accordance with European and international classifications, establishing diagnostic features of soil formation processes, research of soil formations (orthosteins, nodules, etc.).

The peculiarity of the department’s scientific activity is the development of new directions in soil research: informational soil science, social soil science, investment attractiveness of soils, and soil formation energy.

The department is conducting research on the state-funded topic “Soil and Land Resources of the Western Region of Ukraine”.

Soil scientists of the Department of Soil Science and Soil Geography cooperate with scientists from Poland, Austria, Germany, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey and other countries; they participate in the work of the International Society of Soil Science (IUSS), the European Society of Soil Science (ESSC), the Ukrainian Society of Soil Science and Agrochemistry (UTGA in Ukrainian) and other organizations.

Історія кафедри

The Department of Soil Geography was established on September 1, 1993, and in 2002 it was renamed the Department of Soil Science and Soil Geography.
The founder of the department and its head for 27 years was Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Stepan Pozniak.
Since September 1, 2020, the department has been headed by Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Zinovii Pavlovych Pankiv.

We invite you to participate in the 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference for Students, Postgraduates, and Young Scientists “Horizons of Soil Science,” which will take place on May 8, 2025

11.02.2025 | 12:55

We invite you to participate in the 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference for Students, Postgraduates, and Young Scientists “Horizons of Soil Science”, which will take place on May 8, 2025, in a hybrid (in-person and remote) format.
Conference working languages: Ukrainian, English.
Conference topics:

Genesis, properties, and geography of soils
Sustainable use and protection of soils
Soil and land resources of Ukraine and food security in the context of Russian aggression
Soil science education and popularization of soil science

The conference materials will be published in the conference...

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Soil science in the 21st century: modern challenges and development strategy. 21st-23rd, 2023

21.09.2023 | 09:20

We would like to invite you to attend the International Scientific Conference “Soil science in the 21st century: modern challenges and development strategy”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Department of Soil Science and Soil Geography of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, which will take place on September 21st-23rd, 2023 in a mixed (offline/online) format.
Working languages of the conference: Ukrainian, English, Polish.
Topics of the conference:

Genesis, geography and classification of soils;
Applied soil science and soil protection;
Land use in...

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The plan for the implementation of international environmental projects was presented by Prof. Department of Pedology and Soil Geography Taras Yamelynets

11.01.2023 | 18:25

On January 10, 2023, a meeting of the management team and members of the international environmental organization WWF-Ukraine was held at the Department of Pedology and Soil Geography.
Member of the organization, Professor of the Department of Pedology and Soil Geography, Taras Yamelynets, presented a plan for the implementation of two international environmental projects with the support of the European Union’s HORIZON and Interreg LIFE programs.
The partners agreed implementation dates and main activities of the projects during 2023.

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Participation of teachers of the Department of Pedology and Soil Geography in the webinar “Successful Accreditation Of The Educational Program: Current Problems And Solutions”

03.01.2023 | 12:12

On December 6, 2022, the head of the Department of Pedology and Soil Geography, Zinovii Pankiv, Professor Andrew Kyrylchuk, and Associate Professors Oksana Bonishko andAlex Telehuz took part in the webinar “Successful Accreditation of the Educational Program: Current Problems and Solutions”.

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Lecture for students of Educational Program “Soil Science and Expert Evaluation of Lands”

28.12.2022 | 18:30

On December 28, 2022, at the Department of Pedology and Soil Geography, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Head of the Department of Geography of Ukraine, Soil Science and Land Cadastre of I. I. Mechnikov Odesa National University, Andriy Buyanovsky gave a lecture “Initial Soils of Ukraine” for students of the Educational Program “Soil Science and Expert Evaluation of Lands”.

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