Matukhno Olena Viktorivna - in 1999 she graduated from the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine (NMetAU) with a degree in Ecology, received a qualification of an Ecology Specialist, a diploma with honors.

In 2012 she defended her thesis for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences (PhD) in the major 21.06.01 - Environmental Safety. In 2013 she received the title of Associate Professor. Since 2012 she has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Ecology and Labor Protection of NMetAU.

In 2019, she graduated from the Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (Dnipro) with a degree in Civil Security and the Labor Protection educational program. Master of Labor Protection, professional qualification of Labor Protection Engineer. Honors degree.

In 2018 she passed the exam at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, received a certificate of environmental auditor (Certificate EA № 233. Order of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine №452 from 26.12.18).

From 2021, the guarantor of the educational and professional program 101 Ecology (first (bachelor) level) of NTU "Dniprovska Polytechnic". 

In the academic year 2021-2024, she supervised student research papers. The works of students under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Matukhno O.V. won in 2022 and 2024 at international and national competitions of student research papers. International competition of student research papers in the specialty 101 "Ecology" (Kremenchuk) V. Mulin, gr. 183-20-1, Diploma of the first degree. 2024; International competition of student research papers "Black Sea Science" (Odesa, 2024) st. Vereshchako K., gr. 101-20-1, Diploma of the III degree; All-Ukrainian competition of student research papers "Civilian Security under Martial Law" (Kharkiv, 2024), Art. 183-20-1, Diploma of the II degree.

In 2023, at the Forum "Women's Leadership for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development" (Kyiv-Dnipro) she received the "Green Heart Leader" award (The project was implemented by the Office of Sustainable Solutions, the Professional Association of Environmentalists of the World (PAEW), and by the Department of Environmental Policy of the Dnipro City Council with the assistance of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine within the framework of the United Nations Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Program with the financial support of the European Union). 

In 2023, she received a research grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Forster Research Fellowship Program for Experienced Researchers).

Practical experience in the major

Executor of ecological audits at the enterprises: PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih", PJSC "Chemical Division" (Kamyanske), FDI "East Bolt Ukraine" (Dnipro), LLC "Lyubimovsky Quarry" (Dnipropetrovsk district, p. Lyubimovka), LLC "VP" Gamma "(Dnipro), Environmental audit of Vyshneve (Kyiv region), PE" Sigma "(Dnipropetrovsk district, Stepove)," Darnytska CHP "LLC" Euro-Reconstruction "(m Kyiv), ecological audit of the unfinished building of the hotel "Parus" (Dnipro), ecological audit of waste management activities in Pokrovsk (Donetsk region).

Developer of environmental impact assessment reports.

Part-time work at the following positions:

- Head of the Department of Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment of NDC LLC "Environmental Ecology";

- Head of the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Climate Change LLC "Professional Ecoaudit";

- HSE manager (manager of social, environmental and labor protection) in the management group of the investment project "Completion of the Construction of the Subway in. Dnipropetrovsk”, financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

In June 2022, she completed a training course from the National Accreditation Body of United Kingdom (UKAS) on the application of the updated ISO/IEC 17029:2019 and ISO 14065:2020 standards in the accreditation of greenhouse gas assertion verification bodies. The corresponding certificate was received.

2017-2019 - senior expert of the international scientific project GEF-UNIDO "Environmentally Sound Management and Final Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Ukraine" (https://pcbs-ukraine.org/)

2019 – consultant expert of the international project "Improving the Quality of Services in the Field of Waste Management at the Municipal Level in OTG" of the Program "U-LEAD with Europe" and "Cluster of Sustainable Economic Development GIZ Ukraine" (http://greenchamber.org.ua /novini-detalnishe/dnipropetrovska-torgovo-promislova-palata-prijmaje-aktivnu-uchast-u-virishenni-problem-schodo-nalezhnogo-povodzhennja-z-tverdimi.html)

2017 - present time - Member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Department of Environmental Policy of the Dnieper City Council (Dnipro)

2017 – 2023 - Member of the Scientific and Technical Ecological Council of the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of DniproODA (https://adm.dp.gov.ua/pro-oblast/ekologiya-pro-oblast/naukovo-tehnichna-ekologichna-rada)

2018 - Ambassador of the project "Green Solutions" Business - Unity for Sustainable Development ", which was supported by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Organization of Employers, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council of the Dnipropetrovsk Investment Agency and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH http://www.gs .dp.ua / language / uk / test).

Member of the public association "Association of Experts on Environmental Impact Assessment".

Expert of the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU) on accreditation of bodies for greenhouse gas claims verification (ISO / IEC 14065 standard). Deputy Chairman of the Technical Committee on Accreditation "Verification of Greenhouse Gas Claims".

2023-2024 - a member of the working group for the preparation of proposals for the Best Available Technique (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) for the production of iron and steel, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

2023- 2024 - a member of the working group for the preparation of proposals for the Best Available Technique (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) for the production of non-ferrous metallurgy, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

Expert of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, majoring in 101 Ecology, 183 Environmental Protection Technologies, 263 Civil Security.

Teaching experience over 18 years. She is the author and co-author of more than 100 publications, 4 patents for inventions of Ukraine, 2 author's works and several dozen methodological developments in environmental disciplines.

Research activities

The main scientific activity is related to thematic areas:

-         climate policy;

-         decarbonization of industry;

- increasing the level of environmental safety of industrial enterprises;

- introduction of the best available technologies in Ukraine;

- environmental aspects of sustainable development.

Articles in journals and collections of scientific papers included in scientometric databases (Scopus, Web of Science)

Bobylev, V.P., Matukhno, Y.V., Turishchev, V.V. Transportable process module with upgraded ecological and economic parameters for regeneration and processing of foul electrolytes // Metallurgical and Mining Industrythis link is disabled. – 2013. - № 5(1). – Р. 36–38 (Scopus)

Bobylev, V.P., Matukhno, Y.V., Turishchev, V.V., Belokon, K.V. Methodical approach for selection of design parameters of electrodialisys diaphragmless apparatus for regeneration of electrolyte-containing solution // Metallurgical and Mining Industrythis link is disabled. – 2014. - № 5(2). – Р. 77–80 (Scopus)

Rumiantsev, V., Yakubin, N., Bielokon, K., Matukhno, E., Leventsova, C. Ecological aspects of the neutralization of gas emissions leaving from the resin storehouse of joint - stock company Zaporozhkoks // Metallurgical and Mining Industrythis link is disabled. – 2015. - № 7(4). – Р. 105–109 (Scopus)

Belokon, K.V., Belokon, Y.A., Kozhemyakin, G.B., Matukhno, E.V. Environmental assessment of the intermetallic catalysts utilization efficiency for deactivation of the pollutants emitted by electrode production enterprises // Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu. – 2016. - № 3. – Р. 87-94. ISSN (print) 2071-2227, ISSN (online) 2223-2362 (Scopus)

S. Hryhoriev, A. Petryshchev, K. Belokon’, K. Krupey, M. Yamshinskij, G. Fedorov, D. Stepanov, A. Semenchuk, E. Matukhno, A. Savvin. Determining the physical-chemical characteristics of the carbon-thermal reduction of scale of tungsten highspeed steels // Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, № 2(6), 2018. - Р. 10–15. DOI: 10.15587/1729-4061.2018.125988; ISSN (print) 1729-3774, ISSN (online) 1729-4061 (Scopus)

Karina Belokon’, Yevheniia Manidina, Aleksandr Fedchenok, Elena Matukhno. Development of a method for catalytic purification of carbon-containing components of gas emissions from industrial enterprises // Procedia Environmental Science, Engineering and Management, Volume 6, № 4, 2019. – Р. 545-552. ISSN: 2392 – 9537. ISSN-L: 2392 – 9537. eISSN: 2392 – 9545 (Scopus)

Elena Matukhno, Karina Belokon, Volodymyr Shatokha, Tetiana Baranova. Ecological aspects of sustainable development of metallurgical complex in Ukraine // Procedia Environmental Science, Engineering and Management, Volume 6, № 4, 2019. – Р. 671-679. ISSN: 2392 – 9537. ISSN-L: 2392 – 9537. eISSN: 2392 – 9545 (Scopus)

Volodymyr Shatokha,· Elena Matukhno,· Karina Belokon,· Grygorii Shmatkov. Potential Means to Reduce CO₂ Emissions of Iron and Steel Industry in Ukraine Using Best Available Technologies // Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, Volume 6, № 3, 2020. - P. 451-462. ISSN 2199-3823 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-020-00289-0 (Scopus)

Volodymyr Shatokha, Elena Matukhno. Climate change mitigation scenarios for the ukrainian steel sector based on best available technologies deployment // Procedia Environmental Science, Engineering and Management, Volume 8, № 2, 2021. – Р. 507-517. Scopus, ISSN: 2392 – 9537, ISSN-L: 2392 – 9537, eISSN: 2392 – 95457 (Scopus)

Chushkina, Iryna, Hapich, Hennadii, Matukhno, Olena, Pavlychenko, Artem, Kovalenko, Volodymyr, Sherstiuk, Yevheniia. (2024). Loss of small rivers across the steppe: climate change or the hand of man? Case study of the Chaplynka river. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 81(1). DOI 10.1080/00207233.2024.2314853 (Scopus)

Profiles in scientometric databases:

https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?hl=ru&user=La7sDNAAAAAJ

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5536-6745

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55903120700

Contacts: 19 Yavornytskoho Ave., building 10, room 705

E-mail: matukhno.o.v@nmu.one