OLENA SEMENIVNA LYPNYK (to 100th anniversary from the birth)

Abstract

Olena Semenivna Lypnyk is a well-known specialist micropaleontologist of Ukrainian paleontological science, a student of the Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor O.K. Kaptarenko-Chernousova, senior researcher of the Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Mesozoic deposits of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences. The article presents the biography and scientific achievements of O.S. Lypnyk, who was engaged in the biostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the platform Ukraine by foraminifers, in particular, the Upper Cretaceous sediments of the Dnieper-Donetsk depression and the outskirts of Donbas. O.S. Lypnyk is the developer and co-author of the zonal dissection of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the East European Platform by benthic foraminifers, the developer and author of the zonal scale of the Upper Cretaceous sediments of the Dnieper-Donetsk depression by benthic foraminifers, the author of the division of the Upper Cretaceous stratum of the Dnieper-Donetsk depression into sutes, one of the authors of the regional stratigraphic scheme of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Dnieper-Donetsk depression, as well as the outskirts of Donbas. The assessment of the scientific heritage of Olena Semenivna Lypnyk is given. The research was based on the personal file and autobiography of O.S. Lypnyk; photos from the archives of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor D.E. Makarenko; and memories of employees of the institute.