Prof. Dr. Katya Georgieva is a Professor at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics. She obtained an MSc in molecular biology, from St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of Biology, in 1982, and a PhD in plant physiology, Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in 1989. Her research interests include plant physiology and biochemistry, photosynthesis, abiotic stress and acclimation mechanisms, resurrection plants, chlorophyll fluorescence, antioxidants, stress-induced proteins, pigment–protein complexes, and photosynthetic proteins.