KRIVORUCHKO Olena Victorivna – professor of the institution of higher education, Department of Pharmacognosy and Nutritiology, doctor of pharmaceutical sciences, professor.
Krivoruchko Olena Victorivna was born on April 6, 1967 in the village Pesochin, Kharkiv region. In 1982, after completion of 8 classes of Kharkiv secondary school № 140 she has entered the Kharkiv Medical School № 2, which has graduated with honors in 1985. During studying in medical school she worked as a junior nurse in Kharkiv municipal child’s clinic № 12, and after completion – as a nurse in Kharkiv municipal clinic № 11. In 1986 she has entered the Kharkiv Pharmaceutical Institute, which graduated with honors in 1992 on speciality “Pharmacy” and acquired the qualification of a pharmacist. She worked as a senior laboratory assistant of the Department of Pharmacognosy of Kharkov Pharmaceutical Institute (from 30.10.1992, the – Ukrainian Academy of Pharmacy). In 1992 she has entered the graduate school of the Department of Pharmacognosy of Ukrainian Pharmaceutical Academy and she has graduated it in 1995.
In 1996 she has defended PhD thesis on speciality 15.00.02 – “Pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy” on the topic “Pharmacognostic study of black currants” (scientific supervisor – prof. Kovalev V. N.). The thesis for the degree of Doctor of science in Pharmacy on a speciality 15.00.02 – “Pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy» on the topic “The pharmacognostic study of plants of Rosaceae and Cornaceae families as sources of herbal drugs” (scientific consultant – prof. Kovalev V. N.) has been defended in 2016.
From 1993 she worked as an assistant of the Department of Pharmacognosy, from 1997 – associate professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy, from 2019 –professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy. She has been working as the professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Nutriciology of the National University of Pharmacy since 2023.
Krivoruchko O. V. is a methodologist of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Nutriciology. She teaches discipline “Pharmacognosy with the basics of resource science”.
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The main directions of scientific interests: pharmacognostic study of representatives of Grossulariaceae, Rosaceae, Cornaceae, Fucaceae and Dictyotaceae families as sources of medicines and the standardization of medicinal plants.Author and coauthor of more than 300 scientific and methodological works, including 1 textbook, 6 tutorials, 6 methodical recommendations, 1 informational letter, 12 patents, 5 monographs in the State Pharmacopoeia of Ukraine, over 100 articles.
Under the supervision of 1 dissertations in the specialty “226 Pharmacy” for obtaining the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy: Markin O. M. “The study of biologically active compounds of European mountain ash and development of herbal preparations on their basis”.
Membership in professional associations: CONEM (Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine).
