After graduating in Business Administration and Economics from the National University of Economics in Kiev/Ukraine, Dr Provolotska first worked as a lecturer in Business Administration and Economics at the School of Economics and then at the European University in Kryvyi Rih/Ukraine. This was followed by a doctorate at the Faculty of Marketing of the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economy and European Integration of Ukraine on the topic: "Management of the sale of industrial products in the marketing complex". Following her doctorate, she worked as a lecturer and associate professor at the Kryvyi Rih Business Administration and Economics Institute of the Vadym Hetman National University of Economics, Kiev/Ukraine, until 2018. This was followed by four years as deputy director of the medical centre "Imperial Medica", Kiev/Ukraine.

Dr Provolotska will be working at NIERS on the project "R(h)einTex - Recycling through innovation in the textile industry in the Lower Rhine region".