Tetiana Melnychuk is a criminologist and holds the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Procedure, Detective, and Search Activities at the National University 'Odesa Law Academy' (Ukraine). She is a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for European and International Criminal Law Studies of the University of Osnabrück (Germany) for 2022-2024. Prof. Melnychuk has a strong academic background and experience in fundamental and policy-oriented research, analytical studies and legal advising. Her Ph.D. was obtained in 2009 by defending the thesis 'Organized Forms of Criminal Activity in Foreign Economic Relations'. She is a research fellow of the Odesa Organized Crime and Corruption Research Centre (Ukraine). She is also a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association and has an individual practice of law as a certified Attorney in Ukraine. Her scientific activity is predominantly focused on the research of organized crime, economic delinquency, and corruption; modern strategies and policies of crime prevention; human rights in criminal justice from criminological, victimological, substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law perspectives.