Yulia Vinogradova is a Doctor of Biology and Chief of Researchers at the NV Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences (MBG RAS). Her research interests include the general aspects of plant invasions; microevolution of alien plants; population ecology; anthropogenous transformation of flora, including railway flora; and invasion plants as resource species. She has 339 publications, including 14 monographs, 3 book chapters, and 31 articles on WOS/Scopus. Her expertise includes being Chairman of the Doctor dissertation Council D 002.028.01 on Botany. She won the National Ecological Award 2010 for the project "Black Book of Middle Russia" for its contribution to the strengthening of environmental safety and sustainable development of Russia; and the Medal of Honor of the Slovak Agricultural University of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for the development of international collaborative research (2015).