Maria A. Tikhonova, Ph.D., D.Sc. Current position: Head of the Laboratory, Laboratory of the Experimental Models of Neurodegenerative Processes, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Scientific Research Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine” (SRINM), Novosibirsk, Russia. Dr. Tikhonova completed her Ph.D. in Physiology in 2005 and defended her D.Sc. thesis in 2018. In 2015-2016, Dr. Tikhonova was an invited Researcher supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship Program at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan. Her current professional interests are related to aging of the nervous system and neurodegenerative diseases. She studies their mechanisms with ethological, pharmacological, molecular, immunohistochemical, and neurochemical techniques for the development of novel diagnostic methods (f.e. search for biomarkers) and experimental treatment, mainly with the use of animal models. She is an author of more than sixty articles published in the peer-reviewed international and national journals. Dr. Tikhonova has supervised the scientific work of students since 2003. She also contributes to expertise of research projects for national grant systems and of articles for international and national journals (https://publons.com/researcher/1185086/maria-a-tikhonova/). Web of Science Researcher ID: K-3455-2018. Scopus Researcher ID: 35514867700.