Iuliia S. Baiandina is a Researcher at the A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Russian Academy of Sciences. She holds the degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent) and has over 17 years of research experience in marine biology, hydrobiology, and biophysics. Her scientific output includes more than 40 peer-reviewed publications, with over 20 indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, and two state-registered patents for computer programs and biological databases. Her research interests encompass experimental studies of marine organism biology and ecology, molecular mechanisms of environmental adaptation, functional genomics and population genetics of Black Sea species, and the development of computer vision and machine learning methods for automated tracking and quantitative analysis of biological object behavior. She has participated in multiple marine research expeditions in the Black Sea and actively contributes to scientific community development through organization of conferences, workshops, and educational programs for young researchers in the field of marine science.