Yuriy Myklush

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Brief Biography

Yuriy Myklush graduated with honors magistracy of Ukrainian National Forestry University and finished master’s degree program “Euroforester” at the Swedish Agricultural University (thesis available on https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2282/).

From 2009 to 2012 he had been carrying out postgraduate studies at UNFU, and in March 2013 defended thesis on topic “Silvicultural and recreational features of forests of green zone of the city Lviv and organization of sustainable management in them” in the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine in the Kiev, Ukraine.

From December 2011 to March 2012 he had been undergoing an internship at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (m. Laxenburg, Austria), which successfully completed by providing open seminars in English positively assessed by the institution staff. During following years, he has been constantly trained at leading universities worldwide.

Yuriy Myklush has been actively working on urgent and important forestry issues for Ukraine, namely the assessment of forest resources by ground & remote methods using modern GIS and remote sensing materials.

He fluently speaks Ukrainian, Russian, and English.

Main Scientific Interests

Sustainable forestry and forest assessment by ground & remote methods using modern GIS technologies and remote sensing materials.

Teaching Courses

GIS in forestry and hunting, Remote sensing in forestry, Biometry, Forest governance, Forest inventory and management

Main Scientific Publications

1. Myklush, S. & Myklush, Y. 2009. Total phytomass of lowland beech stands of Ukraine. Scientific Herald: Collection of scientific papers. – Lviv: UNFU, issue 19.4. p.16-21 (abstract in English)
2. Myklush, S. & Myklush, Y. 2009. Comparison of growth of common beech on the northern and eastern limits of its habitat. Scientific Herald: Collection of scientific papers. – Lviv: UNFU, issue 19.8. p. 25-31 (abstract in English)
3. Myklush, Y. 2011. Forestry and taxation characteristics of suburban forests of city Lviv. Scientific Herald: Collection of scientific papers. – Lviv: UNFU, issue 21.8. p.44-49 (abstract in English)
4. Myklush, Y. 2012. Peculiarities of recreational use of suburban forests of city Lviv. Proceedings of the International scientific and practical conference “The forest, environment, technology, science and innovation. (29 March 2012)”/NUBiP, Kyiv. -296p.
5. Myklush, Y. 2012. Functions of suburban recreational & health improving forests and production of oxygen. Scientific Herald: Collection of scientific papers. – Lviv: UNFU, issue 22.11. p.108–114 (abstract in English)
6. Myklush, Y. 2013. Landscape & taxation forest division and its characteristics. Scientific Herald: Collection of scientific papers. – Lviv: UNFU, issue 23.13. p. 47-54 (abstract in English)
7. Schepaschenko D , Shvidenko A, Usoltsev VA, Lakyda P, Luo Y, Vasylyshyn R, Lakyda I, Myklush Y, et al. 2017. A database of forest biomass structure for Eurasia. Scientific Data, 4, 170070. DOI:10.1594/PANGAEA.871492