Lecturers of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology

Sergiy Snizhko

Hydrologist-meteorologist, Head of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology,

Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor

Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine

Scientific profiles:

Education:

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK), Department of Hydrology and Hydrochemistry (1980); defended his candidate’s thesis (1989, Hydrochemical Institute, State Committee for Hydrometeorology of the USSR) and doctoral dissertation (2002, KNU).

Professional development:

  • 2021 – Germany/University of Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (study of technologies for assessing the impact of climate on water resources);
  • 2019 – University of Cape Town (South Africa)/Danish Technical University (Denmark) – training seminar on the development of technologies for adaptation to climate change;
  • 2018 – Central European University, Skalica (Slovakia) Advanced training in knowledge transfer and commercialization of university research;
  • 2017 – University of Helsinki (Finland), Hytiala global atmospheric monitoring station (study of the global environmental monitoring system);
  • 2017 – Plovdiv Agricultural University (Bulgaria) – training on creating a personal learning environment;
  • 2006 – Regional Training Center of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Turkey – courses on teaching methods in meteorology, climate change, and numerical weather prediction methods;
  • 2006 – Regional Training Center of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Nanjing (China) – courses on hydrometeorological disasters.

Work experience:

1978 – hydrologist at the Soyuzgazproekt Institute – expeditionary research on the Urengoy-Kuybyshev-Petrovsk gas pipeline route;

1979–1995 – engineer, junior research fellow, senior research fellow at the hydrochemical laboratory of the Geography Faculty of Kyiv National University;

 From 1995 to 2002 – Associate Professor, Department of Hydrology and Hydrochemistry, Faculty of Geography, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;

Since 2002 – Head of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Geography, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Work abroad:

2024 – Technical University of Vienna, Austria;

  • 2022–2023 – Institute for Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Germany;
  • 2022 – Technical University of Vienna, Austria;
  • 2021 – University of Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research/conducting scientific research at the Department of Hydrology and Climatology, Germany;
  • 2019–2021 – Danish Technological University (Denmark)/UNEP DTU Partnership;
  • 2013 – Potsdam University, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research/conducting scientific research at the Department of Hydrology and Climatology, Germany;
  • 2008 – University of Cambridge/Centre for Atmospheric Sciences/conducting scientific research, United Kingdom;
  • 2006 – Potsdam University, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research/conducting scientific research at the Department of Hydrology and Climatology, Germany;
  • 1999 – University of Westphalia (Münster)/conducting scientific research, Germany;
  • 1999 – Federal Institute of Hydrology (Koblenz)/research internship, Germany;
  • 1999 –Wiesbaden/Hesse Ministry of the Environment/research internship, Germany;
  • 1994–1995 – University of Westphalia (Münster)/ Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Geology, Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Germany.

International scientific projects:

2024–2027 – Developing Micro-credentials Ecosystems in Ukraine and Mongolia for Competitive and Resilient Green Economies (DOMANI). EU Project of the Program Erasmus+.

  • 2024 – Project of Austrian Academy of Scienses, Lead of the project.
  • 2023 – 2025 – Climate University for Virtual Exchanges (CLUVEX). EU Project of the Program Erasmus+.
  • 2022–2023 – Volkswagen Stiftung Project 9C084. Analysis of the availability of water resources in Ukraine, taking into account climate variability, for the reconstruction of the destroyed water sector in the postwar period. Lead of the project.
  • 2022 – Project of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lead of the project.
  • Since 2019 – Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX), participant
  • 2019–2021 – National consultant for the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project (UNEP);
  • 2017 – Project to prepare proposals for the creation of a consortium and write a project for the EU HORIZON-2020 MARIE SKŁODOWSKA CURIE ACTIONS competition, a project for the European Training Network (ETN) “ECHO-MAC: Environmental Change and Hydro-geomorphic risks in Europe: Learning from cross-country approaches in Mediterranean, Alpine and Carpathian regions” (EU proposal 813686 – ECHO-MAC);
  • 2016–2019 – Local manager of the ERASMUS+ project 561975-EPP-1-2015-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP “Adaptive learning environment for competence in economic and societal impacts of local weather, air quality and climate. (ECOIMPACT)” https://ecoimpact.knu.ua/;
  • 2015 – HORIZON-2020 program project on organizational support for project preparation and creation of project teams from countries covered by the ASEAN-EU cooperation program;
  • 2015 – Project “Impact of heat waves (HWs) on air pollution.” Funding – French Meteorological Service (MeteoFrance);
  • 2014 – Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC for CEE) project “Adaptation of cities to climate change.” Funding – REC for CEE;
  • 2014 Project of the 7th Framework Programme “Climate Change for the Identification of Relevant Sub-Themes and Topics for the EU-EaP STI Cooperation”. Funding: International Innovation and Technology Center for International and Regional Studies (CeRISS);
  • 2013 – Project of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) “Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Ukraine”;
  • 2012 – German-Ukrainian project “Development of an Atlas of Water Resources in Western Ukraine in the Context of Climate Change”. Funding – State Committee of Ukraine for Science and Technology;
  • 2008 – Joint project of the University of Cambridge and the Open Society Institute “Chemistry of Atmosphere and Climate Change.” Implemented at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK);
  • 2000–2002 – National expert for the German Ministry of Environment and Nuclear Safety project “Inventory of point and diffuse sources of nitrogen and phosphorus emissions in the transboundary river basin”;
  • 1998–2002 – Expert for the project “1997 TACIS CBC Programme: Bug and Latorica/Uzh Transboundary Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment (ENVREG9702)”, head of the international hydrochemical expedition. Funding – EU TACIS programme.

Domestic scientific projects:

2018–2020 – State budget research project No. 018BP050-01 “Hydroecological assessment and forecast of the hydropower potential of Ukrainian rivers in the context of climate change.” Funding – Ministry of Education, Science, Youth, and Sports of Ukraine;

  • 2016–2017 – State Budget Research Project No. 16BP050-01 “Hydroecological assessment of the energy potential of the Dnipro River basin (within Ukraine) in the context of climate change.” Funding – Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine;
  • 2014–2015 – State Budget Research Project No. 14BP050-01. “Hydroecological assessment and forecast of the energy potential of rivers in the Ukrainian Carpathians.” Funding: Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine;
  • 2013 – Scientific project “Development of a climate strategy for the city of Kyiv.” Funding: Kyiv City State Administration, Kyiv;
  • 2012 – State budget research project “Developing principles and methods for basin assessment of the impact of climate change on water flow.” No. DR 0108U005988. Funding: Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine;
  • 2010–2012 – Research project “Forecast of Ukraine’s water resources for the 21st century in the context of climate change and development of a strategy for adapting water management to climate change.” Funding: Water Resources Agency of Ukraine.

 

Foreign language skills:

German – fluent, English, Polish – good.

Public activities:

Member of the Ministry of Environment Working Group on the development of the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Member of the Scientific and Expert Council of the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine, member of the Academic Council of the Faculty, member of specialized academic councils for the defense of dissertations K 26.001.22 of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.  Member of the editorial board of scientific journals “Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Geography Series,” “Meteorology and Climatology,” “Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Journal,” “Hydrology, Hydrochemistry, Hydroecology,” etc.

 

Publications:

Author and co-author of 250 scientific and educational works, including 30 books.

Main publications: scientific monographs “Hydropower Potential Assessment Mountain Rivers of the Ukrainian Carpathians (2021, co-authored)” and “River Runoff in Ukraine Under Climate Change Conditions” (2020, co-authored); “Natural Problems of Ukraine’s National Security in the Challenges of Modern History” (2019, co-authored), “Hydrological and Hydrochemical Characteristics of the Rivers of Zhytomyr Polissya in the Context of Global Warming” (2017, co-authored with Pavelchuk E.M.), Climate Change in the City of Kyiv: Problems and Ways to Prevent Them (2014, co-authored with Bazilevich V.D. et al.), Urban Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution in a Large City (2011, co-authored with Shevchenko O.G.), “Theory and Methods of Analysis of Regional Hydrochemical Systems” (2005), “Harmonized Inventory of Point and Diffuse Emissions of Nitrogen and Phosphorus for a Transboundary River Basin” (Berlin, 2003, co-authored with Schreiber H., Constantinescu L.T., Cvitanic I. et.al.), “Hydrochemistry and Radio-Geochemistry of Rivers and Wetlands in Zhytomyr Region” (Zhytomyr, 2002, co-authored with Orlov O.O., Zakrevsky D.V., et al.).

Textbooks:

“Economic Meteorology” (2019, co-authored with Shevchenko O.G. and Vitrenko A.O.); “Practical Guide to Meteorology and Climatology” (2018, co-authored with Shevchenko O.G. and Krukivska A.V.),  “Meteorology” (2009, co-authored with Palamarchuk L.V. and Zatula V.I.), “Dynamic Meteorology” (2009, co-authored with Prusov V.A.), Mathematical Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (2006, co-authored with Prusov V.A.), “Assessment and Forecasting of Natural Water Quality” (2001), “Engineering Hydrochemistry” (2001).

Training of scientific personnel:

Under the scientific guidance of Prof. S.I. Snizhko, 8 candidate dissertations and 1 doctoral dissertation were prepared and defended:

Candidate dissertations in the specialty 11.00.09 Meteorology, Climatology, Agrometeorology:

  • 2007 – Dvoretska I.V. “Dynamics of individual chemical components and optical properties of the atmosphere over the territory of Ukraine”;
  • 2009 – Skrynyk O.A. “Method for determining the dates of stable air temperature transitions through fixed values and trends in their changes in modern climate conditions”;
  • 2009 – Shevchenko O.G. “Assessment and forecasting of the current state of atmospheric air pollution in Kyiv.”

Candidate of Science dissertations in the specialty 11.00.07 Hydrology, Hydrochemistry, Water Resources:

  • 2010 – Bodnarchuk T.V. “Formation of the hydrological and hydrochemical regime and water quality in the upper reaches of the Dniester and Western Bug basins”;
  • 2010 – Kosovets-Skavronska O.O. “Chemical composition of atmospheric precipitation and its role in the formation of the chemical composition of surface waters in Ukraine”;
  • 2013 – Kuprikov I.V. “Assessment of possible changes in local water resources in Ukraine in the 21st century”;
  • 2016 – Pavelchuk E.M. “Features of the hydrological and hydrochemical regime of rivers in the Zhytomyr Polissya region in the context of climate change”;

•         2019 – Didovets Yu. S. “Assessment of the impact of climate change on water flow and flood regime of rivers in Ukraine using the SWIM eco-hydrological model.”

Doctoral dissertation in the field of 11.00.09 meteorology, climatology, agrometeorology:

  • 2020 – Shevchenko O.G. “Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Complex Studies of Urban Meteorological Transformations in Cities”

Scientific and state awards:

2022 – Scientific grant from the Austrian Academy of Sciences “Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities”.

2021 – Scientific grant from the German Academic Exchange Service

2018 – Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine

2017 – Distinguished Worker of Education of Ukraine

2013 – Scientific grant from the German Academic Exchange Service

2010 – Certificate of Honor from the Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,

2009 – Shevchenko Prize (KNU) for best scientific work,

2008 – Research grant from the University of Cambridge,

2006 – Research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service,

1999 – Research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service,

1994–1995 – Research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service,

2004 – Title of “Honorary Employee of the Hydrometeorological Service of Ukraine,”

1986 – Badge “Participant in the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.”

Teaching activities: Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change, Applied Mathematical Statistics, Atmospheric Protection, Atmospheric Monitoring, Economic Meteorology, Innovative Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change.