Prof. Tanya V. Strateva has an MD and PhD, and is a Professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria. Prof. Strateva has experiences with clinical microbiology, antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors, healthcare-associated infections in critically ill patients, bronchopulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis patients, the epidemiological typing of therapeutically problematic pathogens, non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli, Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp., ESKAPE Group, and molecular techniques. Prof. Strateva gas 82 scientific publications on Scopus, with 2760 citations (self-citations excluded) and an h-index of 16: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603378756. Prof. Strateva is a member of several professional societies, including the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Bulgarian Association of Microbiologists (BAM),  Bulgarian Society of Medical Microbiology (BSMM), and Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.