Iryna RIABA

Position: Junior Research Fellow, Department of Virology, Recovery and Propagation of Fruit and Berry Crops

Research interests: Virology of fruit and berry crops, molecular biology, biotechnology

PhD thesis topic: Molecular biological characteristics of raspberry and blackberry viruses and their spread in Polissya and the Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine

Brief biographical information:
Born on 12 December 1990 in Myronivka, Kyiv region. In 2014, she graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in microbiology. Between 2021 and 2025, she is pursuing a postgraduate degree at the Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences. Since 2013, she has been working at the Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences as a junior research fellow in the Department of Virology, Recovery and Propagation of Fruit and Berry Crops. 

Professional development: 
‘Methodology of selection and seed production of crops using modern research in general and molecular genetics, phytopathology, physiology, biochemistry, and in vitro culture’ (Selection and Genetics Institute – National Centre for Seed Science and Variety Study, 2025).