Oleksandr Chekh, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Acting Head at the Department of Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology

Oleksandr Chekh

PhD, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology

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General Information

Date and place of birth: January 7, 1992, in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Education

2007–2011 — Studied at Pryluky Medical College, specializing in Nursing.

2011–2017 — Studied at Sumy National Agrarian University, Faculty of Bio- and Food Technologies. Completed a full higher education program in Specialty 204 “Technology of Production and Processing of Livestock Products” and qualified as a technologist-researcher.

2017–2022 — Postgraduate student at Sumy National Agrarian University.

2022 — Defended dissertation titled “Development and Implementation of the Innovative ‘GREEN ARTICLE’ Technology for Processing Pre-incubation and Table Chicken Eggs.” Awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Field of Knowledge 20 “Agricultural Sciences and Food,” Specialty 204. Diploma No. 004657.

Professional Experience

Work experience: Since 2024 – Assistant, Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology, SNAU.

Since 2025 – Senior Lecturer, Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology, SNAU.

Main courses taught: “Ecology in Animal Husbandry,” “Animal Morphology, Physiology, and Biochemistry,” “Animal Genetics,” “Biotechnology.”

Research Work

Author of 20 publications, including 2 articles indexed in the Scopus international scientometric database.

• Chekh, O., Bondarenko, Yu., & Bordunova, O. (2025). Influence of pre-incubation storage conditions and egg grading on the differential mortality of embryos of different sexes. Bulletin of SNAU. Series: Animal Husbandry, (1), 105-110. DOI

• Chekh, O. O., Mykhalko, O. H., & Vechorka, V. V. (2025). Efficiency of aerated container systems for rearing narrow-clawed crayfish (Pontastacus leptodactylus). Bulletin of SNAU, (3), 97-104. DOI

• Chekh, O. O., & Petrenko, H. (2025). Evaluation of the impact of combined ozonation and ultraviolet irradiation on the environmental safety and keeping conditions of Lohmann LSL Classic cross-breed chickens in indoor poultry houses. Bulletin of SNAU, (2), 101-107. DOI

• Chekh, O., & Cherniavska, T. (2025). Biochemical assessment of quality preservation in Lohmann LSL Classic chicken eggs following ozone treatment during storage. Scientific Messenger of LNU of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies, 27(103), 231-236. DOI

• Pavlichenko, O. V., et al. (2026). Veterinary and sanitary evaluation of egg containers and egg disinfection. International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 22(1), 345-360. DOI

Professional Development

  • 2021 — The 11th International Conference “Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties.” Odesa, Ukraine.
  • 2024 — Fit4Funding – blended training course on EU research funding from the FFG Academy (certificate).
  • 2024 — Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries Education for Green Deal in Armenia and Ukraine: from education to ecology. ERASMUS+ CBHE project (21.10.2024–25.10.2024) (confirmation).
  • 2025 — Comprehensive Course on AI in Education (26.05.2025–09.06.2025) (certificate).
  • 2026 — Development of Pedagogical Excellence for Higher Education Lecturers (confirmation).