Kornet Maryna

Email: kornetmarina77@gmail.com

• Денне відділення Вт 9-30 - 11-00;
• заочне відділення Пн 15-00 - 16-00.

• Вступ до спеціальності
• Чинники успішного працевлаштування
• Хімія з основами біохімії
• Фізичні методи дослідження речовин
• Методологія та організація наукових досліджень в хімії
• Органічна та біоорганічна хімія

Born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. In 2006, she graduated with honors from Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU), specializing in “Biology” with a concentration in “Biochemistry and Immunology,” and received a mayoral scholarship. In January 2012, she defended her thesis titled “Biological Activity of S-(quinolin-4-yl)-L-cysteine Derivatives and Their Structural Analogues” at the D26.220.01 Specialized Academic Council at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the NAS of Ukraine under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sci. B.Brazhko. Following the successful defense, she was awarded the Candidate of Biological Sciences degree in Bioorganic Chemistry. In February 2016, she was conferred the academic title of Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry.

Professional Experience

With 18 years of academic and scientific experience in higher education institutions (levels III-IV accreditation), her career highlights include:

• 2005–2008: Senior Laboratory Assistant, Department of General and Applied Ecology, ZNU
• 2008–2012: Assistant, Department of Chemistry, ZNU
• 2012–2014: Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, ZNU
• 2014 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, ZNU
• 2012–2015: Specialist, Voluntary Career Development Service, Biology Faculty, ZNU
• 2020 – present: Head, Laboratory of Biotechnology of Physiologically Active Substances, ZNU

Since 2019, she has been a member of the Center for Ukrainian-European Scientific Cooperation, joined the Ukrainian Scientific Research Association in 2020, the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2022, and the American Chemical Society in 2024. In 2021, she was an invited professor under the DAAD program at Heinrich Heine University (Düsseldorf, Germany) and, since 2023, has been working there as an independent researcher under the MSCA4Ukraine program.

Expert Activities

From 2017 to 2021, she served as an expert in Section No. 10: “Development and Implementation of New Technologies and Equipment for Quality Medical Services, Pharmaceuticals, Prevention and Treatment of Diseases, Biotechnology,” in the competition of research projects by young scientists employed at HEIs and NUs (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine). In November 2019, she joined the expert pool for educational program accreditation at the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (NAQA).

Teaching Activities

She teaches courses such as “Organic Chemistry,” “Mechanisms of Organic Reactions,” “Research Methodology and Organization in Chemistry,” “Physical Methods of Substance Research,” “Introduction to Specialty,” and “Factors of Successful Employment.” Her responsibilities also include conducting laboratory and practical sessions, supervising coursework and master's theses, and coordinating student research projects focused on the synthesis and study of the physicochemical and biological properties of novel quinoline derivatives. She also prepares students for scientific conferences and participates in science popularization events, including “Science Days in Zaporizhzhia.”

Awards and Honors

• 2022 – Certificate of Appreciation from the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration for her long-standing productive teaching activity and contribution to education and science in wartime.
• 2021 – Gratitude from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Order No. 378-k, dated September 27, 2021.
• 2021 – Acknowledgment from the Zaporizhzhia City Council for her productive scientific and teaching activities.
• 2020 – Diploma from the Administration of the Alexandrovsky District of Zaporizhzhia City Council for significant achievements in teaching and science.
• 2019 – Honorary Diploma from the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council for her long-standing scientific and pedagogical work.
• 2012 – Awarded “Best Young Scientist” at the Faculty of Biology, ZNU, for the 2011-2012 academic year.
• 2010 – Awarded “Best Postgraduate Student” at the Faculty of Biology, ZNU, for the 2009-2010 academic year.
• 2008 – Diploma from the October District Administration, Zaporizhzhia City Council, for conscientious work.
• 2006 – Mayoral Scholarship from Zaporizhzhia for academic excellence.
• 2006 – First place in the All-Ukrainian Student Research Competition (Biology).

Kornet M.M. is the author of more than 130 scientific and educational-methodological publications, including 11 teaching and methodological manuals, 21 articles in Ukrainian peer-reviewed journals, and 15 papers indexed in international scientometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science. She also holds 5 Ukrainian patents and is the author of 3 monographs, 2 of which were published by foreign publishers. Her h-index is 8 according to the Scopus and Web of Science databases. She is a co-author of publications in leading European journals, including Tetrahedron, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Molecules, and others. In 2024, she co-authored two review articles on modern approaches to the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds and on multicomponent methods in organic chemistry.

Since 2022, she has been actively conducting research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany), where she worked as a visiting researcher under the DAAD program, later as a researcher and independent researcher within the MSCA4Ukraine program, and since 2025 ‒ as an independent researcher under the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. This activity contributes to the development of international scientific cooperation, the expansion of research topics, and the integration of Ukrainian science into the European academic space.

Research Interests

Her main research interests include bioorganic, organic, medicinal, and combinatorial chemistry, particularly the development of biologically active compounds based on nitrogen-containing heterocycles (quinoline, pyridine) and endogenous thiols. Her research focuses on modelling, organic synthesis, physicochemical characterisation of new compounds, and the establishment of structure-activity-toxicity relationships. Considerable attention is paid to in silico, in vitro, and in vivo screening of compounds with antioxidant, antimicrobial, and radioprotective properties. Her research has strong potential applications in the pharmaceutical industry, biomedical research, and the discovery of new functionally active molecules.

A separate area of her professional development is the use of modern digital tools in chemistry and education, including data science methods, machine learning, AI for drug discovery, and the integration of artificial intelligence into the educational process and into teaching chemical disciplines in English.

Projects

She has extensive experience in research projects and international grant initiatives. In addition to participation in state-funded research projects (No. 0104U010164, No. 0106U000585, No. 0112U003062, No. 0115U000763), she has experience in coordinating international project proposals, including applications for a Ukrainian-German proposal to the NATO SPS Programme.

Under her supervision, two projects have been successfully implemented:

• «Rational design of S, N-modified aminothiols as potential radioprotective agents» (2019–2021), funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
• Social project «Open Air Lecture Hall» (20172018), supported by the British Council Active Citizens program.

In 2022–2026, she has been actively involved in international research and professional initiatives aimed at supporting Ukrainian science in the European academic space, particularly within the DAAD, MSCA4Ukraine, and Philipp Schwartz Initiative programs. She has also presented her experience in preparing, submitting, and implementing international grant proposals within the academic community of Zaporizhzhia National University.

Conference Participation

Marina Mykolaivna Kornet is a researcher with extensive experience presenting at Ukrainian and international conferences, where she reports on the results of her research and the achievements of her research group. She has actively participated in the XXIII, XXIV, and XXV Ukrainian Conferences on Organic Chemistry (Chernivtsi, 2013; Poltava, 2016; Lutsk, 2019), the 7th and 8th International Conferences «Chemistry of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles” (Kharkiv, 2015, 2018), the IX International Chemical Conference «Kyiv ‒ Toulouse» (Kyiv, 2017), the international scientific conference “Radiobiology: Challenges of the XXI Century» (2017, 2019), the EastWest Chemistry Conference (Lviv, 2018), the 7th International Conference on Multicomponent Reactions and Related Chemistry (Düsseldorf, 2018), the symposium «Light Alloys and Composite Materials” (Karabük, Turkey, 2018), the 9th and 12th International Conferences RAD (Montenegro, 2021, 2024), as well as the 8th International Conference on Multicomponent Reactions (Burgos, Spain, 2023).

In recent years, she has also participated in a number of prestigious international scientific and professional events, including the conference «Synergy and Entropy in the Ukrainian Scientific Landscape in Germany» (Dresden, 2023), Philipp Schwartz Forum 2025 (Berlin), Inspireurope+ Stakeholder Forum 2025 (Paris), and the 10th Prague-Weizmann Summer School «Drug Discovery and Development from Basic Research to Clinical Trials» (Prague, 2024).

Professional, Editorial, and Expert Activity

She serves as a reviewer for international scientific journals, including Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Q2), Dalton Transactions (Q2), and ChemistrySelect (Q2), and has been a member of the editorial board of Acta Biologica Ukrainica (section: bioorganic chemistry) since 2019. She has been a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry since 2022, the American Chemical Society since 2024, the Ukrainian Association of Researchers, and the scientific organisation «Centre for Ukrainian-European Scientific Cooperation».

She also has experience in expert activity in science and higher education: from 2017 to 2021, she served as an expert for the competition of scientific projects of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and since 2019, she has been an expert in the accreditation of educational programs of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance.

Professional Development and International Academic Mobility

In 2024-2025, she completed a number of professional development and training programs, including «Introduction to Data Science and scikit-learn in Python», “Capstone Project: Advanced AI for Drug Discovery», «Pharmacology-based Structure–Activity Relationships for Medicinal Chemists» the program «International Experience of Using Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Process» the EMI BASICS course on teaching academic disciplines in English, and also participated in the I and II European Chemistry School for Ukrainians. These activities strengthen the interdisciplinary nature of her scientific and educational work.

• ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-5700
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• ResearchGate
• Web of Science https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/JAO-0186-2023
• Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=VOw53XQAAAAJ&hl=ru
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