Anastasiia Kostina has a PhD in physics and mathematics. She is researcher in the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She obtained her MSc degree with honors in applied mathematics from Perm National Research Polytechnic University. Her field of research includes a study of geotechnical problems in mining and oil industries such as artificial ground freezing technology, steam-assisted gravity drainage technology, and mine ventilation. In 2018, she won the President’s grant for young researchers to study the problem of oil recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage.