Dr. Julia Romanova is an assistant professor at the Sofia University. Her research interests are in the field of applied computational chemistry with a special focus on organic and organometallic compounds with attractive optical, magnetic, and conducting properties. She gained international research experience working as a postdoctoral and research fellow at the University of Surrey and the University of Namur. She was a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service at the Max Plank Institute for Polymer research and a fellow of the French Government at the University of Upper Alsace. Recently, she won a L’Oréal-UNESCO fellowship for Women in Science, Bulgaria.