Serhiy Pasichnyk (1964–2024): zoologist, scientist, and teacher

An essay about a biologist who started his career as a theriologist and morphologist, and later became a professional lecturer at Nizhyn University and a researcher of a wide profile. His attention was focused not only on morphology, but also on population studies, genetics, and palaeontology. As a zoologist, he was interested and published in the field of studying not only mammals, but also amphibians, spiders, and ticks. In general, the researcher was always active in the field, conducting field practices, organising expeditions, and working part-time in the Ichnia National Park. As an educator, he had a significant number of original developments in the courses of zoological, genetic, and population studies, including a number of manuals. He taught at Nizhyn University and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.