• Research Associate, St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
• Earned an MSc degree in Microbiology from Irkutsk State University and a PhD degree in Biochemistry from Moscow State University
• Received additional training at the Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms in Moscow
• Worked as a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and as a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Research Associate at the University of Alberta
• Has 47 scientific publications to her credit and has participated in more than 25 international conferences