Olga Kotsupiy. EDUCATION: 2006 Degree Candidate of Biological Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent), Higher Qualification Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, thesis “Chemotaxonomic study of the species of the section Cenantrum Koch. Astragalus Genus (Fabaceae Lindl.) in Siberia”; 1994-1999, Diploma in Biology (equivalent of MS degree). Title of the dissertation: “To the ecology of the winter garden”. PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: Chemotaxonomy of the genus Astragalus L. (Fabaceae); phenolic compounds; flavonoids of plants of the genus Astragalus L.; variability of the composition and content of phenolic compounds; polyphenol accumulation in hairy roots and tissue cultures of the genus Astragalus; HPLC. EXPERIENCE: 2008-present, Researcher of Laboratory of Phytochemisry, Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia (CSBG SB RAS); 2003-2008, Junior Researcher of Laboratory of Phytochemisry, CSBG SB RAS; 2001-2004, PhD student of CSBG SB RAS; 2000-2001, Junior Researcher of Zabaikalskii Botanical Garden; 1999-2000, Educators of gymnasium № 1, Chita; 1999, Biology, Chemistry and Ecology teacher in secondary school, Kadala, Zabaikalskii krai.