Professor Dr. Victoria Vitkova, Ph.D., Head of Soft Matter Division Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Main activities: lyotropic liquid crystals; biophysics of model and bio-membranes. Research Activities: Membrane biophysics; blood rheology; the micromanipulation of liposomes and cells; microfluidics; membrane elasticity, edge energy, permeability, morphology; electrical capacitance, electroporation, electrodeformation of lipid vesicles; membrane–sugar interactions, pore-forming peptides, pH and membrane mechanics; modified (grafted) lipids for applications in drug delivery.