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Svitlana Dzyubak, Ph.D.

Svitlana_Dzyubak

Assistant Professor

Undergraduate courses taught: CHEM 120, AROMA 101, AROMA 203, AROMA 303, AROMA 304, AROMA 305, HERB 101, HERB 201, HERB 302, HERB 303, HERB 304, NAT 101, NUT 101, NUT 210, NUT 301, NUT 302, NUT 308, NUT 309, NUT 401

Graduate courses taught: CHEM 501, HERB 521, HERB 541

Svitlana Dzyubak graduated from the National University of Pharmacy (Kharkov, Ukraine) with honors. Her first workplace was the Laboratory of Investigation of Phytopharmaceutical Products of the oldest Pharmaceutical Research Institution in the former Soviet Union, the National Scientific Center of Medicinal Substances (NSCMS, Kharkov, Ukraine). The mainstream of Center’s work was focused on drug discovery using natural products and protection of the environment. Based on her research, Svitlana defended her Ph.D. The title of the thesis was: “Biological active substances of several species of Goldenrod genus (Solidago L.)”. While working in the Center dr. Dzyubak obtained 4 patents, participated in 21 Scientific conferences, published 1 book chapter and 28 articles.

In the US, dr. Dzyubak was moving with her family and teaching in several colleges and universities in Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin. She likes to say that her favorite subjects of teaching are Pharmacognosy & Toxicology of herbs, Western Herbs, and Aromatherapy. She also was teaching Anatomy & Physiology, General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, and other subjects.

Dr. Dzyubak likes to teach subjects related to health care and, particularly, sharing health and wellness tips that help people make informed healthcare decisions.