Prof. Dr. Volodymyr Kovbasa

Head of the department of Bakery and Confectionery Goods Technologies of the National University of Food Technologies (NUFT), Kyiv, Ukraine, PhD and DrSc in Technical Sciences, State Prize Laureate, Honored Education Worker. He has extensive experience in research and organizational work and teaching as a teacher in the field of food technologies, in particular bread, confectionery, pasta and food concentrates technologies, organic food technologies. In particular, he has extensive experience in researching new raw materials, food additives for regulating the quality of semi-finished products and finished products, extending their shelf life.

For a long time Prof. V. Kovbasa taughts such disciplines  as "Technologies of food concentrates" and "Innovative technologies of flour, confectionery products and food concentrates", "Innovative technologies of organic products", "General technologies of food production", "Extrusion technologies".

He has experience of international cooperation. In 2019 he had an internship at the Slovak University of Agriculture In Nitra, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences. He collaborates with colleagues from universities in Slovakia, Bulgaria and Poland. From 2000 to 2004 he fruitfully collaborated with colleagues from Institut Fur Getreidevererbeitung (GmbH), Berlin.

As the coordinator of the Jean Monnet Module, Prof. V. Kovbasa will ensure the successful implementation of the project by the project team members, participate in the development, implementation and giving lectures during summer school. Prof. V. Kovbasa will also coordinate scientific research within the project and promote international cooperation.