Dr. Maryna Kuzmenko brings nearly 10 years of practical experience in applying digital technologies in agriculture, with a primary focus on using computer vision and deep learning for plant phenotyping and food quality assurance.

The global platform, Petiole Pro, developed by Maryna's team, was named among a finalist in the GIST Tech-I competition (USA), shortlisted for the UK FPC Fresh Awards 2023, and received two grants from Innovate UK — the UK government’s innovation agency — for practical AI applications in agricultural challenges such as pest and disease detection.

Maryna is one of the 16 Community Forum Members, pre-selected by Innovate UK Women in Innovation team.

She is a regular speaker at educational events and has participated in high-level agriculture-focused meetings in the United Kingdom and worldwide.

Maryna has hands on experience of work in government relations in Ukraine; she worked at AXA Insurance and now represents her own UK-based SME working with smallholder farmers around the world.

Education:

UPOV Examination of Applications for Plant Breeders’ Rights (2024)

UPOV Certification Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention (2024)
IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Management (2023)

PhD in Business Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine (2015)

LL.M in International Commercial Law, fully funded scholarship — London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (2012)