Lead Researcher, PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental and Food Quality
Contact:
E-mail: guzаwa68@mail.ru
Scientific interests: ecology; radiology; geomorphology; sociology and psychology.
Education and Career:
Born in 1968. Graduated from Belarusian State Agricultural Academy in 1991, with a diploma in Agronomy. Has long-term experience in agro-industrial occupations. In 2009, defended her PhD thesis and was awarded an academic title of a Candidate of Sciences (PhD) with a specialization in Agrochemistry.
2009 – 2018 Senior researcher, Radioecology Laboratory, IRB
2009 – 2011 Associate professor, Geography Department, Francisk Skoryna Gomel State University
2010 – 2021 Chair of the IRB Trade Union Committee, and a member of NAS Republican Trade Union
December 2018 Head of Laboratory of Public Health, Information Support and International Project Activities, IRB (now disbanded)
2020 – present Lead researcher, Department of Environmental and Food Quality, IRB
Has a diverse practical research and teaching experience in the areas of radiology and ecology. Proactive both in her career and lifestyle.
In 2017, was awarded a Certificate of Honour by Gomel Regional Association of Unions for her long-running diligent work and active position towards protection of social and economic rights and interests of the union members, and in 2018 was distinguished by NAS Presidium of Unified Unions with a Certificate of Merit for her fruitful and diligent union chair career.
Was actively involved in a series of international projects. In 2016, won a Horizon 2020 Twinning Research Grant.
Her recently completed research projects she was in charge of include:
- Project “A system of information measures to improve radiological culture, quality of life and ensure human life safety”,
- Project “An innovative screening system for assessing the health situation of the Gomel region”
- Project “Impact assessment of the level of radioecological culture of population on local demographic problems of the regions of Belarus affected by Chernobyl”.
In 2016–2020, she took an active part in the implementation of the National Scientific Research Programme “Management of Natural Resources and Ecology”, where she was in charge of coordinating one of the research topics, i.e. “Assess the influence of interannual variability of hydrological and temperature regimes on physicochemical forms of radionuclides and heavy metals present in the soils, and on their accumulation by plant organisms”.
Publications:
Author and co-author of 90 scientific papers, including 5 publications in the VAK-listed journals (Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus).
(2018). A.N. Nikitin, I.A. Cheshyk, G.Z. Gutseva, E.A. Tankevich, M. Shintani, S. Okumoto. Impact of effective microorganisms on the transfer of radioactive cesium into lettuce and barley biomass. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 2018;192:491-497. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.08.005
Gutseva G.Z., Martishchenkova E.V. Experience of the Republic of Belarus in socio-psychological adaptation of population to the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. In: Forms and Methods of Social Work in Various Spheres of Life: XIII Inter. Sci.-Prac. Conf., Ulan-Ude, 28-30 September 2023:314-316. (In Russian)
(2023). Gutseva G.Z., Timokhina N.I., Martishchenkova E.V. Gathering for food of wild forest products by the population in existing exposure situation: based on sociological research. J. News of Biomedical Sciences. 2023;23(3):32-33. (In Russian)