Elena V. Nemtseva is an academic researcher at the Institute of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology and Associate Professor at the Biophysics Department at Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russia). She served as a Senior Teacher in the Biophysics Department at Krasnoyarsk State University and Researcher at the Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science. She has been conducting research in the field of biophysical chemistry and biophotonics, using kinetic and optical techniques. Her expertise is in the areas of the photophysics of bioluminescent systems, medium effects on biochemical reactions, and the methods of fluorescent (polarized and time-resolved) spectroscopy applied to biologically important molecules.