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Svitlana Khursenko

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor.

Since 2015, she has held various positions at Sumy National Agrarian University—including associate professor and department chair—and has served as dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology since April 2026.

Key areas of research include the study of the structure and physical properties of thin metal films, the optimization of the physical and technological parameters of equipment surfaces to improve workplace safety, and the specifics of teaching physics to higher education students in non-physics majors.

She teaches the following courses: Physics, Advanced Mathematics and Physics, Biophysics, Communication in an International Environment, and Higher Education Pedagogy. She has participated in international projects such as Erasmus+, Jean Monnet, DAAD, and others. She holds a B2-level certificate in English.

General information

1995–2000 – Studied at the A.S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University, majoring in “Pedagogy and Methods of Secondary Education: Physics and Mathematics,” graduated with honors;

2000–2001 – Master’s program at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, majoring in “Physics,” graduated with honors;

2001–2004 – Doctoral program at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko;

2008 – Defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in the specialty 01.04.07 – Solid-State Physics, on the topic “Structure, Electrical, and Magnetoresistive Properties of Thin Films of Copper-Nickel Alloys.”

2004–2015 – held positions as assistant, instructor, senior instructor, and associate professor in the Department of Physics at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko;

2015–2017 – associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering Systems in Agriculture and Physics at Sumy National Agrarian University;

2017–2026 – Head of the Department of Occupational Safety and Physics at SNAU;

since 2025 – Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology;

since April 2026 – Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at SNAU.

Educational and scientific activity

Main academic disciplines: “Physics”, “Higher Mathematics and Physics”, “Biophysics”, “Communications in the International Environment and Pedagogy of Higher Education”.

Author of over 200 scientific works, including 20 articles in the Scopus database, professional publications, participation in conferences and methodological recommendations.

Advanced training (internship):

  • Virtual International Mobility Program “Series of Lectures for Early-Career Researchers by Experts, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague” as part of the AgriSci-UA Platform project: Strengthening Research Capacities and Deepening Collaboration Among Ukrainian Universities in Agricultural Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, 180 hours, 6 ECTS credits (November–December 2025).
  • International academic mobility DAAD Project 57759235 “German-language Master’s Program in Agricultural Management,” seminar “Modern Curricula in Farm Management,” Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, November 8–15, 2025.
  • International Academic Mobility: ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility for Training, Czech University of Life Sciences, 90 hours, 3 ECTS credits, April 20–30, 2025.
  • State Enterprise “Sumy Regional Scientific and Production Center for Standardization, Metrology, and Certification” under the program “Fundamentals of Technical Regulation and Metrological Activities in the Field of Design and Operation of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment,” December 11–29, 2023, 90 hours, 3 ECTS credits.
  • International internship under the program “Fundraising and Organization of Project Activities in Educational Institutions: European Experience,” Kraków, Poland, 180 hours, 6 ECTS credits, June 12–July 18, 2021.
Additional information

Certificate of English language proficiency level B2.

Member of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society; member of the Ukrainian Physical Society.

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