Prof. Mariyana Atanasova graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry (now Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy) of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 2004. From 2008, she was Assistant Prof. and Senior and Head Assistant Prof, and from 2022, she was an Associate Professor. Since 2024, she has been a Professor at the Department of Chemistry. She obtained a PhD degree with a thesis titled “Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships (QSAR) of Sets of Compounds with Antitumor Activity” and a postgraduate degree in Organization and Еconomics of Pharmaceutical Production. She was a Visiting Scientist at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. She teaches Physical and Colloidal Chemistry and Pharmacokinetics. Her scientific interests are in the fields of drug design and bioinformatics.