Dr. Olena Kalinina

Managing international internship programs in the agricultural sector. Coordinating cooperation between farms, trainees, and partner organizations. Organizing program logistics, communication, and reporting.

Project manager of OPTIMISC - international project funded under EU FP7-KBBE "Cooperation: Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology” Project management, coordination of work of the international consortium of academic and industrial partners, supervision of the timelines and work packages, reporting to EU, project web presence, event organization. Research: planning and evaluation of biomass production sites in 6 countries, data analysis, scientific publishing, supervision of junior researchers.

PhD researcher NRP59 "Benefits and risks of the deliberate release of genetically modified plants" Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Research project management, planning, establishment and evaluation of the field and glasshouse experiments, data analysis, scientific writing, reporting to the Swiss National Foundation, consulting within the consortium on statistical analysis (Genstat), supervision of Bachelor and Master projects, assistance in teaching.

PhD Program Genetics. Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute – National Centre of Seed and Cultivar Investigation, Odessa / ZNU, Ukraine Carrying out the field trials and laboratory experiments with oilseed flax, data analysis, scientific writing and presentation, research project management, assistance in teaching, supervising Master students and field technicians.

Issuing the quality/quarantine certificates for imported agricultural products, issuing recommendations to farmers, reporting to the Ministry of Agriculture