Chernobyl Major Participants

Alexa Chopivsky, freelance writer, Kiev, Ukraine

George Chopivsky, Jr., President, Chopivsky Family Foundation, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Johann Goldammer,  PhD., Head, Global Fire Monitoring Center, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; Senior Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry; and Professor of Fire Ecology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany.

Volodymyr Gulidov, (formerly, student at St. Albans School for Boys, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.); presently, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Aaron Hohl, PhD, (formerly PhD candidate, Yale University); presently Lecturer in Forestry and Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, U.S.A.

James B. McCarter, PhD, Associate Professor Adjunct, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Dmytro Melnychuk, PhD, Rector, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences (formerly National Agriculture University of Ukraine), Kiev, Ukraine

Andrew Niccolai, PhD, (formerly PhD candidate, Yale University); presently Research Scientist, United States Coast Guard, Old Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Chadwick Dearing Oliver, PhD, Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and  Director, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Mykhaylo Petrenko, PhD., Department of Forestry, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

Alark Saxena, PhD Candidate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Sergiy Zibtsev, PhD, Associate Professor, Forestry;  Head, Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC), Institute of Forestry and Landscape-Park Management, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

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