Anna Yakovleva graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 1994. In 2005, she received a Candidate of Science (engineering) degree. Her Candidate of Science thesis was devoted to improving the load-bearing capacity of gear wheels using a combined treatment method. Since 2004, she has been an associate professor of the department of Engineering Technologies at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Her research interests include состояние поверхностных слоев после различных методов упрочнения, исследование методов комбинированной обработки, способы повышения износостойкости стальных деталей машин. Anna has written 54 scientific works, 4 study aids, and 1 monograph. Since 2014, she has been working as the Editor-in-Chief of the Chief Mechanical Engineer journal (publishing house: Panorama).