Dr. Roman Horbatiuk, Professor of Vocational Education, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Transportation of Ternopil National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Ternopil, Ukraine.

Born in 1965, Roman Horbatiuk received his Ph.D. in 1997 at the National Technical University of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. He has been a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences of the Ternopil National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatyuk since 2011. Since 1990 he has been working as a professor at the Ternopil National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatyuk. Scientific interests include the improvment of professional training of future teachers of professional education, the introduction of innovative technologies in the educational process of higher education institutions. He has published a number of scientific papers in international journals and is a member of the editorial boards of the «Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology» and «Professional Education: methodology, theory and technologies».