Dr. Lilia Kucheryavykh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Universidad Central del Caribe, Puerto Rico. She acquired a PhD degree in Physiology at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2001. She has 20 years of experience in researching neuroscience and brain cancer. Her research interests include the role of glia in maintaining extracellular homeostasis in the brain and the mechanisms of interactions between glioma and microglia cells. She is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the Society for Neuro-Oncology, and the Integrative Center for Glial Research.