Elina A. Genina is a professor in the Department of Optics and Biophotonics at Saratov State University. She received her Ph.D. degree in biophysics in 2002 and Dr.Sc. degree in biophysics in 2017. She is a coauthor of more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, 19 book chapters, and 12 patents. Her research interests include biomedical optics, laser medicine, and the development of methods for the control of tissue optical properties. E.A. Genina is a reviewer of peer-reviewed journals: Scientific Reports, Biomed. Opt. Express, J. Biomedical Optics, J. Biophotonics, etc. She has about 5,000 citations and an h-index of 32 (Scopus, May 2022). Her papers were included in Nano Research Top Papers (2016), most cited papers of J. Innovative Optical Health Sciences, and in a shortlist of the 12 most important papers published in J. Physics D and awarded as one of the most influential papers published in J. Phys series in the last 50 years.