Mykhaylo Zagirnyak

Zagirnyak has been a Member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine since 2017. Zagirnyak is also a Member of the Presidium of Union of Rectors of Higher Educational Institutions of Ukraine (2019—2021). He was the Head of the research projects within the framework of scientific and technical cooperation between Ukraine and Slovenia (2003–2004, 2007–2008). He was Editor-in-chief of four and a member of the editorial boards of four national and four foreign editions. Head of the Specialized Academic Council for awarding of the Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees at Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostohradskyi National University. He is a Member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (since 2015), the North-East Scientific Center of NAS and MES of Ukraine (since 2015), the Joint Competition Commission for the Award of the Verkhovna Rada Prize Of Ukraine to young scientists and nominal scholarships of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for young scientists – doctors of science (since 2019). Supervisor of the seminar on "Electromagnetic and electromechanical processes in electric machines and apparatuses" of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences Academic Council specialized in problem "Scientific fundamentals of electrical power engineering" (since 2003). He has also been a member of the Higher School Academic Council of European and Regional Studios (Czech Budiyovice, Czech Republic), and an, Advisor to the Chairman of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine (2002 – 2011). He delivered lectures in the University of Maribor (Slovenia) in 2012, 2015 and 2018. Member of four public international and Ukrainian academies and three international professional societies. Chapter and member of a number of steering, program and technical committees of international and Ukrainian conferences and symposiums (Poland, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia).

Honorary sign of the Physical Education and Sports Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2008)

He has been the Master of Sports of the USSR (1984), Merited coach of Ukraine (2011), Instructor-methodologist of the first category (1987) and Sport Referee of the national category in mountaineering (2004), as well as referee of the international category of Euro-Asian Mountaineering Association (No. 16, 2019), vice-president of the Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing of Ukraine (2002–2020), chairman of the Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing in Poltava region (since 2003) and badge "Rescue Squad" (No. 3002). He has made more than 200 high altitude ascents, more than 60 of which – by the routes of the highest fifth and sixth difficulty grades (11 first ascents and groundbreakings). Additionally, he was a participant of five Himalayan expeditions, Chevalier of the Order of mountain climbers "Edelweiss" of the ІІ degree (2008), and Multiple champion and prize-winner of Ukraine and the CIS mountaineering Championships.

Third-degree Diploma of the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1981);

Mykhaylo Zagirnyak graduated from Lugansk Machine Construction Institute with honors (1970). After the graduation he worked as an engineer at the Lugansk diesel locomotive plant. He served in the army. From 1971 until 2002, Zagirnyak worked as a research assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor, head of the department and pro-rector of East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University. He worked at the Universities of Kentucky and Texas as the winner of the long-term United States government grants for programs IREX (Electrical Engineering - 1983–1984) and Fulbright (Education Administration - 1997–1998). In November 2002 he was elected Rector of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostohradskyi National University and he has been the head of it till the present time.