Yuliia Ovchynnykova
• PhD in Biological Sciences, specialty 03.00.16 "Ecology"
• Deputy of the 9th convocation the Parliament of Ukraine, "Servant of the People" faction
In 2019, she was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the early elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Forest Resources, Fauna and Flora, Natural Landscapes and Nature Reserves of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management.
Member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Co-chair of the Inter-factional deputy association "Humane country" and "Parks and recreation".
Chairman of the Interparliamentary Friendship Group with the Republic of Lithuania.
She was born on March 24, 1985 in Donetsk.
In 2007 she graduated with honors from Donetsk National University, received a master's degree in Biology.
From 2007 to 2010 she studied in postgraduate program with a break from production at Donetsk National University, specialty 03.00.16 “Ecology”.
In 2011 she worked as the Deputy Head of the Primary Labor Union of students and postgraduates of Donetsk National University.
From 2011 to 2014 - Head of the training laboratory for methodological support of interdisciplinary training and internship at Donetsk National University.
From 2014 to 2018 - Associate Professor of Zoology and Ecology, Donetsk National University named after Vasyl Stus (Vinnytsia).
From 2016 to 2019 she was the Dean of the Faculty of Biology of Donetsk National University named after Vasyl Stus (Vinnytsia).
From 2011 to 2020 she headed the Youth Initiative of Cities.
From 2011 to 2016 - Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of Donetsk National University named after Vasyl Stus (Vinnytsia).
From 2014 to 2020 - Secretary of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
2015-2017, 2019 - official delegate from Ukraine to the European Council of Postgraduate Students and Young Scientists (EURODOC), Brussels, Belgium.
In 2015-2018, she was elected at the Annual Assembly of the European Council of Postgraduate Students and Young Scientists as the leader of the working group on interdisciplinarity.
