Head of the Department, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor
The Department was founded in May 1994 on the basis of Mathematical Analysis Department. Talented Volyn mathematician and pedagogue Volodymyr Horbaychuk headed the Department. It’s been his initiative to establish the Department. Under the leadership of Volodymyr Yosypovych, Associate Professor Korenkov M.Y., Senior Lecturers – Kharkevych Yu.I., Myronyuk T.N., Piddubny O.M., Padalko N.Y., Senior Laboratory Assistant – Matsyschuk O.V. had been working at that time. Professor’s Horbaychuk researches were published in many domestic and foreign specialized journals. Volodymyr Yosypovych inspiringly combined fruitful scientific work with teaching. His lectures were marked by originality, high scientific level and methodical perfection. With his help a postgraduate course was opened at the Department, the graduates of which still work at the Department. Professor successfully led the scientific seminar, at which leading scientists of the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine made reports. In 1997 Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor Kharkevych Yu.I. became a worthy successor of Horbaychuk V.Y. as the head of the Department. His effective scientific and pedagogical activities resulted in multiple Department lecturers getting their Ph.D.s, along with some graduate students admissions to postgraduate courses at NASU Institute of Mathematics. In 2015 Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Chichurin O.V. headed the Department. In August 30, 2020 the Department of Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics was renamed to the Department of Theory of Functions and Methods of Teaching Mathematics. It’s headed by Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor Hembarska Svitlana. Nowadays lecturers of the Department handle effective scientific and methodological research: educational programs for various courses, methodological recommendations, manuals, over 500 publications. Throughout all the years 8 lecturers of the Department got their Ph.D.s, while Kharkevych Yu.I. got his degree of Professor in 2015. During numerous years the students and graduate students of the Department had a possibility to be consulted by top scientists of NASU Institute of Mathematics: Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Stepanets O.I., Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Romanyuk A.S., Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Zaderey P.V., Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Serdyuk A.S. The Department actively mentors talented pupils and students; its lecturers successfully cooperate with Junior Academy, participate as jury members at school Olympiads of regional and national levels, and at national contests of students’ scientific researches. The Department effectively cooperates with top Ukrainian and foreign universities, research institutes (Poland, Turkey, Japan and others), organizes scientific training, participates in international conferences.
8 staff members: 1 Dr. and 7 Ph.D.s
Horushkin Halyna - Senior Laboratory Assistant
The Department of Theory of Functions and Methods of Teaching Mathematics prepares its students on a full-time study basis for the following specialities: Mathematics, Secondary Education (Mathematics). Both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees. Study of future specialists is done due to the needs of enterprises, organizations and educational institutions.