VASYL ZATULA

Phd., Associated professor

EDUCATION

1988–1991 – Ph.D. Candidate in Meteorology, Climatology, Agricultural meteorology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Faculty of Geography, Meteorology and Climatology Department. Ph.D. Thesis: “Meteorological mode and air pollution in Ukrainian cities (on pattern of Kyiv)”.

1983-1988 – Master’s degree in the field of Meteorology, Climatology, Agricultural meteorology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Faculty of Geography, Department of Meteorology and Climatology.

EMPLOYMENT:

2003- today – Lecturer, Associate Professor of Meteorology and Climatology Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Teaching courses: “Climatology”, “Climate-study”, “Microclimatology”, “Dynamics of global climate”, “Atmospheric optics, electricity and acoustics”, “General Meteorology and Climatology”.

1995-2003 – Head of Geography and Ecology Department, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University.

1993-2003 – Lecturer, Associate Professor of Geography and Ecology Department, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University.

1991-1992 – Scientific Researcher, Faculty of Geography, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

1988–1991 – Ph.D. Candidate in Meteorology, Climatology, Agricultural meteorology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Faculty of Geography, Meteorology and Climatology Department.

1991 – Engineer-synoptic of Ukrainian aviation meteorological center, Boryspol.

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

2013 – Awarded by honors of Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University.

2000 – Awarded by badge “Excellence in Education of Ukraine”.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

Member of Ukrainian Geographic Society.

LANGUAGES:

Ukrainian, English, Russian.

THE MAIN DIRECTION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARSH:

Meteorological aspects of air pollution, methods of mathematical statistics in climatology, spatial-temporal distribution of meteorological and agrometeorological values, regional peculiarities of continentality and oceanicity of Ukrainian climate.

PUBLICATIONS:

Author and coauthor more than 100 scientific works, including 2 monographs and some textbooks:

Snizhko S.I., Palamarchuk L.V., Zatula V.I. (2010), Meteorology (textbook, ukr);

Zatula V.I., Tytarenko L.M. (2009), Explanatory dictionary of meteorology and climatology – (textbook, ukr);

Environment protection (2006) – (collective monograph, ukr);

Geographical basics of environment protection (2006) – (collective monograph, ukr);

Polovyna I.P., Zatula V.I. (2003), General geographical regularities of Earth (textbook, ukr);

Practical book of social-economical geography of Ukraine (2002) – (textbook, ukr).