Olena M. OBUKHOVA is a junior research scientist in Department of Luminescent Materials and Dyes named after B.M. Krasovitskii of SSI "Institute for Single Crystals" NAS of Ukraine where she has been working since 2012. She received her M.Sc. degree in chemistry in 1985 at the Kharkiv State University. Her research focuses on the synthesis of different classes of organic fluorescent dyes, particularly of xanthenes, cyanines and squaraines, investigation of their spectral and photophysical properties in free state and after conjugation to biomolecules. Her research interests include practical applications of organic dyes and luminophores in biomedical applications, for photodynamic therapy and theranostics.