"Botanist in Sneakers" is a brand under which a scientific employee of the National Scientific Natural History Museum of the NAS of Ukraine, Candidate of Biological Sciences Oleksiy Kovalenko, runs social media pages, popularizing the science of plants. The scientist specializes in economic botany, which studies the use of plants in agriculture, medicine, and other areas of human activity. He popularizes botany, shares interesting facts about plants and their impact on our lives. The scientist is actively engaged in scientific research, as well as conducting lectures for adults and children at the museum and interactive programs for a wide audience. He is also known as the author of the educational project on the YouTube channel "Dovkolabotanika".
Oleksiy Kovalenko is a person who can explain complex things simply and proves that science is not boring but fascinatingly interesting.
Recently, the scientist was a guest on the program of the Vice President of the NAS of Ukraine, academician of the NAS of UkraineVolodymyr Seminozhenko "About Science. Competently", which airs on the YouTube channel of the NAS of Ukraine, where he talked about his scientific and popularizing activities.
Details about the conversation can be found in the article by science journalist Olena Zelenina "Botanist in Sneakers. How a Scientist Gives Lectures on a Bicycle, Works in a Museum, and Debunks Myths About Plants" on "Hromada.Group".