LAST NAMEPYESHKOVA
FIRST NAMEVIKTORIYA
Date and place of birth:09 November 1982, Kyiv, UKRAINE
E-mail:victoriya.p@gmail.com
Affiliation:Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NAS of Ukraine (IMBG NASU)
150 Zabolotnogo st., 03143 Kiev, UKRAINE
Telephone:+380442000328

Education

2010PhD in Biological Sciences. Specialization: Biotechnology. The title of PhD thesis: Development of conductometric enzyme biosensors for determination of main saccharides
2006 – 2009PhD student at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev and IMBIG NASU
2006MSc in Biochemistry. Graduated with honors.
Qualification: Master of Biology and Biotechnology, Biology Teacher
2004BSc in Biology. Graduated with honors.
2000 – 2006Student at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev
Faculty of Biochemistry, Specialization: Biotechnology

Career/Employment

Research work in Ukraine:

2007-2010Junior scientific researcher at IMBG of NASU
2010-2015Scientific researcher at IMBG of NASU
Since 2015Senior researcher at IMBG of NASU

Research work abroad:

Dec 2017 - Jan 2018 Institute of Analytical Science, Lyon, France (Prof. Dr. N. Jaffrezic-Renault)
Aug-Sept 2017 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany (Dr. Denys Makarov). Project “German-Ukrainian Center for Large Scale Experiment”. Project funded by the BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to conduct research work in HZDR, Dresden.
Research work in the frame of EC Project PIRSES-GA-2008-230802 “NANOBIOSENS”: “Nanosensors and Nanomaterials” (2009 – 2011) and EC Project PIRSES-GA-2011-318524 “NANODEVICE”:“Integrated Nanodevices” (2013 - 2015):
Mar-Jun 2015
Apr-Jun 2014
Nov-Dec 2009
Institute of Analytical Science, University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France (Prof. Dr. N. Jaffrezic-Renault)
Sep-Nov 2014
Mar-May 2013
Oct-Nov 2011
Apr-May 2009
Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Akata Kurç)

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Grants, Membership in Professional Societies

2021 DAAD Grant for carrying out the research work «Development of microfluidic-integrated impedance biosensor for aflatoxin determination» (Funding programs: Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists)
2020 GIST (Global Innovation through Science and Technology) StartUp training program for scientists “GIST Innovates Ukraine” (how to bring ideas out of the lab into the market)
2019 U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) Travel Grant - 2-nd World Congress on Biosensors and Bioelectronics on 27-28 of November 2019 in Singapore
2018 Award of U.S. – Ukraine Foundation’s (USUF) ”Ukrainian Emerging Leaders in Biotech”
2018 Short term fellowship of French Embassy for young scientists to conduct research work in France
2017 Travel Grant – 1st German-Ukrainian Technology Transfer Summer School in Berlin
2017 Travel Grant (NIP/Ukraine EaP+ Grant) – “HORIZON 2020 The Brokerage Event on Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials”, 15-19 November, Munich, Germany
2014 - 2016 Scholarship of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for young scientists
2013 Travel Grant - FEBS-ESF Workshop "Biological Surfaces and Interfaces" Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
2011 - 2013 Scholarship of the President of Ukraine for young scientists
2011 - Present Member of Ukrainian Biochemical Society
2011 Charter of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the series of scientific articles
2011 Award of the President of Ukraine for young scientists
2009, 2011, 2012 Travel Awards - Scientific Meeting "The Bridges in Life Sciences" Debrecen, Budapest, Bratislava
2008 Award of IMBG NASU for the best result of inventive activity
2007 Award for active participation in the conference "Actual problems of biochemistry and biotechnology" Kyiv, Ukraine

Leadership:

Project Director NASU project: “Optoelectronic smart sensor with electrochemical functions” in the framework of the programme: “New generation smart sensors based on modern materials and technologies” (2018–2022)
Project Co-Director Horizon 2020 project Waste2Fresh H2020-LCCI-2020-EASME-958491 “Smart innovative system for recycling wastewater and creating closed loops in textile manufacturing industrial processes” (2020-2023)

Specialization/Research field/Research Experience

Main Specialization Analytical Biotechnology, Biosensors and Biochemistry;
Other specialization Bioelectronics, Enzymology, Biotechnology, Food Safety, Electrochemistry, Environmental Monitoring, Multi-enzyme biosensors, Affine biosensors;
Research Experience Development and optimization of Electrochemical (conductometric, amperometric, potentiometric) and optical biosensors;
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy;
Different electrochemical and biochemical methods.

Teaching and mentor experience

Practical Training, Laboratory Courses, Seminars for students at Institute of High Technology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Research Mentor and Advisor of PhD Students, Undergraduate and Master’s Students

Research profile (Orcid, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc.):

Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=34870598200
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IsrraBcAAAAJ&hl=ru
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7071-5974
Web of Science https://publons.com/researcher/3473816/viktoriya-pyeshkova/
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-peshkova-40642b38
ResearcherID AAH-8687-2020

Publications (more than 80):

  • Papers in peer-refereed journals: more than 36
  • Communications to scientific meetings: more than 42
  • Patents: 3

Recent selected publications:

  1. О. О. Soldatkin, V. M. Peshkova, S. V.Dzyadevych, A. P. Soldatkin, N.Jaffrezic-Renault, A. V. El’skaya. Novel sucrose three-enzyme conductometric biosensor. Materials Science and Engineering C. - 2008.-28, -P.959-964.
  2. O. Y. Saiapina, V. M. Pyeshkova, O. O. Soldatkin, V. G. Melnik, B. Akata Kurc, A. Walcarius, S. V. Dzyadevych, N. Jaffrezic-Renault. Conductometric enzyme biosensors based on natural zeolite clinoptiolite for urea determination. Materials Science and Engineering C. – 2011. – 31. – P.1490-1497.
  3. O. O. Soldatkin, I. S. Kucherenko, V. M. Pyeshkova, A. L. Kukla, N. Jaffrezic-Renault, A. V. Elskaya, S. V. Dzyadevych, A. P. Soldatkin. Novel conductometric biosensor based on three-enzyme system for selective determination of heavy metal ions. Bioelectrochemistry. – 2012. – V.83. – P.25-30
  4. О. О. Soldatkin, V. M. Peshkova, O. Y. Saiapina, I. S. Kucherenko, O. Y. Dudchenko, V. G. Melnyk, O. D. Vasylenko, L. M. Semenycheva, A. P. Soldatkin, S. V. Dzyadevych. Development of conductometric biosensor array for simultaneous determination of maltose, lactose, sucrose and glucose. Talanta – 2013. – V.115, P.200-207.
  5. V. M. Pyeshkova, O. Y. Dudchenko, O. O. Soldatkin, B. O. Kasap, Florence Lagarde, Burcu Akata Kurç, S. V. Dzyadevych, Application of silicalite-modified electrode for the development of sucrose biosensor with improved characteristics, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2015, 10:149.
  6. Saiapina O. Y., Kharchenko S, Vishnevskii S, Pyeshkova V. M., Kalchenko V, Dzyadevych S. V. Development of conductometric sensor based on 25,27-di-(5-thiooctyloxy)calix[4]arene-crown-6 for determination of ammonium. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2016, 11:105.
  7. O. Y. Dudchenko, V. M. Pyeshkova, O. O. Soldatkin, B. Akata, B.O. Kasap, A. P. Soldatkin, S. V. Dzyadevych. Development of Silicalite/Glucose Oxidase-Based Biosensor and Its Application for Glucose Determination in Juices and Nectars. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2016, 11:59.
  8. Bakhmachuk A., Gorbatiuk O., Rachkov A., Dons”koi B., Khristosenko R., Ushenin I., Peshkova V., Soldatkin A. Surface Plasmon Resonance Investigations of Bioselective Element Based on the Recombinant Protetein A for Immunoglobin Detection. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2017, 12:112.
  9. O. V. Soldatkina, I. S. Kucherenko, V. M. Pyeshkova, S. A. Alekseev, O. O. Soldatkin, S. V. Dzyadevych. Improvement of amperometric transducer selectivity using nanosized phenylenediamine films. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2017, 12:594.
  10. O. V. Soldatkina, I. S. Kucherenko, O. O. Soldatkin, V. M. Pyeshkova, O. Y. Dudchenko, B. Akata Kurç, S. V. Dzyadevych. Development of electrochemical biosensors with various types of zeolites, Appl. Nanosci., 2019, 9, Issue 5, 737–747.
  11. A. L. Kukla, O. O. Soldatkin, A. S. Pavluchenko I. S. Kucherenko, V. M. Peshkova, V. N. Arkhypova, S. V. Dzyadevych, Toxicity analysis of real water samples of different origin with ISFET multibiosensor, // Biochemistry and Biophysics – 2014. – Vol. 2. - № 1. – P. 7-12.