Dr. Olena Melnyk

Environmental impacts of armed conflict and ecocide assessment
Environmental data platforms and digital tools for decision-making support

Soil contamination and remediation of war-affected and industrial areas
Remote sensing and GIS for environmental monitoring and land degradation assessment
Sustainable land use and soil restoration strategies
Sustainable agriculture and regenerative farming practices

Climate change mitigation and adaptation in agricultural and rural systems Nature -based solutions for climate resilience and ecosystem restoration
Renewable energy systems and low-carbon energy transitions
Energy security and decarbonisation pathways in post-conflict regions

Melnyk, O., Solokha, M., Waeber, P., O’Connor, D., Bykov, M., Storchak, M., Datsko, O., & Zakharchenko, E. (2026). Soil, War, and the Battle Against Misinformation: Debunking Myths in Ukraine’s Agricultural Recovery. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, 2025, 19–45.

Solokha, M., Melnyk, O., Cannon, N., Horton, M., Datsko, O., & O’Connor, D. (2025). Assessment of soil cover chemical pollution using satellite data: A case study of Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Science of the Total Environment.

Ajanovic, T., Rafi-ul-Shan, P. M., Spataru, C., Melnyk, O., Chovancová, J., Phuangsuwan, P., Starcevic, S., & Balsalobre-Lorente, D. (2025). Policy and regulatory frameworks for renewable energy technologies development and integration. Renewable energy technologies (pp. 757–796). Elsevier.

Ziani, I., Hassall, M., Maduabuchi, E., Gomes, C., El Bachiri, A., Fauconnier, M.-L., Sher, F., Melnyk, O., Ramírez, C. P., & Spataru, C. (2025). Artificial intelligence in process safety and risk management. Artificial intelligence in chemical engineering (pp. 383–414). Elsevier.

Datsko, O., Melnyk, O., Kovalenko, I., Butenko, A., Zakharchenko, E., Ilchenko, V., Onychko, V., & Solokha, M. (2025). Estimation of the content of trace metals in Ukrainian military-affected soils. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 53(1), Article 14328.

Tröndle, T., Melnyk, O., Tutova, O., Porieva, V., Neumann, F., Staffell, I., & Patt, A. (2024). Rebuilding Ukraine’s energy supply in a secure, economic, and decarbonised way. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 4(3), 031002.

Datsko, O., Zakharchenko, E., Butenko, Y., Melnyk, O., Kovalenko, I., Onychko, V., Ilchenko, V., & Solokha, M. (2024). Ecological Assessment of Heavy Metal Content in Ukrainian Soils. Journal of Ecological Engineering, 25(11), 100–108.