Anna P. Belinska, Assoc. Prof.

•  NTU “KhPI”, 2007 – specialty: Technology of fats and fat substitutes, qualification: chemical engineer-technologist
•  NTU “KhPI”, 2011 – postgraduate study in the specialty “Technology of fats, essential oils and perfumery and cosmetic products”
• NTU “KhPI”, 2020 – specialty: Chemical technologies and engineering, qualification: Master of Chemical Technology and Engineering
•  NTU “KhPI”, 2022 – specialty: Biotechnology and bioengineering, qualification: Master of Biotechnology and bioengineering

Professional Achievements:

• Language Proficiency: Ukrainian and Russian – fluent; English – B2.
• Author and co-author of more than 200 educational, scientific, and methodological works.
• Member of the Public Organization “Union of Biotechnologists of Kharkiv Region” (EDRPOU code: 35474885; KVED: 91.33.0).
• Member of the Public Organization “Ukrainian Association of Chemical and Food Engineering” (CFE-UA, since 2018; EDRPOU code: 41071591; KVED: 94.99).
• 2011 – Obtained the academic degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent) after defending a dissertation on “Technology of Blended Oils with Enhanced Biological Value” in the specialty “Technology of Fats, Essential Oils, and Perfume-Cosmetic Products” (Food Technologies).
• 2019 – Awarded the title of Associate Professorat the Department of Organic Synthesis and Nanotechnologies, NTU “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.”
• 2023 – Advanced training at the State Institution “I.I. Mechnikov Institute of Microbiology and Immunology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.”
• Deputy Head of the Department for Distance Learning.
• Jury member in the first round of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Analytical Chemistry.
• Supervisor of award-winning students in the All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research Papers.
• Mentor of student groups.
• Head of the student research group “Ecology and Biological Aspects of Environmental Protection” within the “Fundamentals of Industrial Biotechnology”student research society.
• Supervisor of research projects for students of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (JAS): 3 prize-winning placements in the second stage of the All-Ukrainian Competition-Defense of Research Papers (2020–2024) in the following sections:
  • Medicine (student: Valeriy Varich, 10th grade, Kharkiv Lyceum No. 89; research topic: “Development of a Dry Hypertonic Sports Drink Mix Using Oilseed Crops”).
  • Chemistry (student: Denys Ukolov, 9th grade, Kharkiv Secondary School No. 28; research topic: “Extraction of a Complex Food Additive from Secondary Products of Oil-Fat Production”).
  • Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (student: Sofia Khomenko, 9th grade, Kharkiv Gymnasium No. 115; research topic: “Application of Milk Thistle Seeds with an Adjusted Enzyme Complex in Chocolate Products”).

Disciplines:

• Modeling and optimization of systems and processes in biotechnology
• Biomaterials science and biotissue engineering
• Fundamentals of cosmeceutical production technology
• Fundamentals of biotechnological production design
• Control and management of biotechnological processes
• Agrobiotechnology
• Ecobiotechnology
• Bioconversion of waste
• Biotransformation of organic raw materials

 Research Interests:

• Development of mathematical models for biotechnological processes
• Research on biocompatible materials for cosmetics and cosmeceuticals
• Technologies for obtaining bioactive compounds from renewable raw materials
• Bioconversion of agricultural and industrial waste into valuable products
• Innovative methods of organic raw material processing
• Use of microorganisms and enzymes to enhance agricultural production efficiency