1987 - Master of Agriculture 1997 - the honorary title "Honored Worker of Agriculture of Ukraine" 1999 - Dr. SH Science 2000 - Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 2001 - Associate Professor of Biology 2001 - the Order "For Merit" third degree 2004 - Professor of Entomology 2007 - Academician of NAAS 2010 - the Order "For Merit" II degree 2016 - Laureate of State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology EDUCATION College Vyshnyanskyy farm-technical school Ukrainian Agricultural Academy, Department of Plant Protection (1978-1983) Graduated ibid (1983-1986) PhD thesis "Entomofauna raspberry and pest species in the central forest-steppe of the USSR" (Ukrainian Agricultural Academy, 1986) Doctoral thesis "Agrobiological study integrated protection against pests berry plantations in north-western forest-steppe and Polesie Ukraine" (1999, National Agricultural University) Since 1983 - PhD student, from 1986 - lecturer, deputy dean of plant protection Ukrainian Agricultural Academy PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 1987-1990 - Deputy Head of the collective farm in Gorodok district 1990-1991 - Deputy General Director of AIC (agro-industrial combine) "Gorodok" 1991-1995 - Head of the Gorodok District Department of Agriculture 1995-1998 - Head of the Gorodok Regional Councils of People’s deputies 1998-2000 - Deputy Head of Lviv Regional State Administration 2000-2001 - First Deputy Head of Lviv Regional State Administration 2001-2002 - Head of Lviv Regional Council 2002-2006 - First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Water Management 2007-2010 - Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine 2013-2014 - Vice President of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine Since 2014 - President of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine Contacts Main work address National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS) The president of NAAS address: 9, Mykhaila Omelianovycha-Pavlenka str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01010 Phone: +380 44 5219277 E-Mail: valyva@ukr.net, prezid@naas.gov.ua