Stela Dragomanova obtained her master’s degree in Pharmacy at the Medical University of Sofia in 2004, after which she graduated in specialty “Clinical pharmacy”. She got her Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology in the Institute of Neurobiology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2020. Her research field is mainly focused on neuropharmacology, mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases, natural products research, neuroprotection, dementia treatment and prevention. Main scientific skills: pharmacology, experimental pharmacology, drug toxicology, in vivo preclinical animal models, behavioral tests. Dr. Dragomanova is a member of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union, a Chairlady of Ethics Committee of Regional Pharmaceutical Collegium - Varna, Member of the Management board of the Bulgarian Association of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and a member of the Bulgarian Scientific Society of Pharmacy. She was awarded as the Pharmacist of the year for Varna region (Regional Pharmaceutical Collegium) in 2018. She is a member of the reviewer board of Pharmaceuticals, a reviewer of 5+ international peer-reviewed scientific journals. S. Dragomanova has 31 publications in Web of Science, 195 citations and an h-index of 10. Her article "Meroterpenoids from Terrestrial and Marine Fungi: Promising Agents for Neurodegenerative Diseases - An Updated Review,"has been chosen as the "Cover story"for the February edition of Current Issues of Molecular Biology in 2025.