Work Experience

Postdoctoral researcher

Medema group, Bioinformatics group, Wageningen University & Research

Research Consortium: COMBO
  • Search for biosynthetic gene clusters in marine sponges and seaweed for downstream heterologous expression
  • Marine microbiome metagenomics

PhD Candidate

Medema group & Detmer sipkema lab, Bioinformatics group & Molecular ecology group, Wageningen University & Research

Research Consortium: MARBLES
  • Performed large-scale metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses
  • Executed functional annotation and targeted marine bacteria from marine sponges
  • Searched for novel biosynthetic gene clusters with unconventional techniques within undercharacterized phyla (Acidobacteriota)
  • Supervised 2 Msc and 1 BSc students for both: computational and molecular laboratory techniques
  • Communicated work in 8 cross-disciplinary international conferences

Technical Support Specialist

Information System Development

  • The position was focused on replicating and addressing bug cases within testing servers. Proficiency in SQL, familiarity with LIMS, and a basic understanding of networking were requirements. Additionally, the role entailed compliance with HIPAA regulations.

Laboratory Technician

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

  • During my work in the Lab, I was mainly responsible for: Genomics data analysis, phylogenetics, BGC mining, Software development and Manuscript writing

Teaching Experience

Practical Computing for Biologists - Teaching Assistant

Wageningen University & Research

  • Assisted with providing practical advice for students during the assignments

Research methods in microbiology - Teaching Assistant

Wageningen University & Research

  • Developed course materials for computational part of the course
  • Assisted with teaching and practicals for the part of the course
  • Graded assignments and provided detailed feedback

Practical Computing for Biologists - Teaching Assistant

Wageningen University & Research

  • Assisted with providing practical advice for students during the assignments

Education

M.Sc. in Genetics and Biotechnology

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Thesis: Genome of S.cyanogenus S136: secondary metabolism potential

  • Performed biosynthetic gene cluster mining in S.cyanogenus S136 genome
  • Developed software to support the analysis

B.Sc. in Biology

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Thesis: Genetical control of morphogenesis in S.cyanogenus S136

  • Performed heterologous expression of selected gene clusters
  • Analysed phylogeny of rodlins and chaplins in Streptomycetaceae

Awards & Honors

Invited speaker

Summer School for Natural Products research 2025

Grant

19th European Conference on Computational Biology participation grant, Barcelona, Spain

Top 3 projects

Data Engineering and Security winter school (DES 2020), project was rated within the top 3 (no specific places within the top 3), Lviv, Ukraine

1st place

4th Advanced in silico Drug design workshop/hackaton 2019, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Technical Skills

Programming

Python, R, Bash

Bioinformatics techniques

BGC mining (antismash), Phylogenomics, Large-scale metagenomics and metatranscriptomics

Data Analysis

Statistical analysis (in R and Python), Workflow management (Nextflow), Machine learning (Random Forest), Data cleaning and exploration

Laboratory

E.coli and Streptomyces cultivation, Marine bacteria isolation, Heterologous expression, (q)PCR