Alisa Alessenko is a chief researcher specializing in lipidology and sphingolipidology, with a focus on neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. She earned her master's degree in 1965 from the Faculty of Chemistry at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. In 1965, she joined the N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, where she completed her Ph.D. in 1972. She was awarded the title of Professor in the specialty of biochemistry in 1992. In 1996, she joined the Laboratory of Neurolipidology at the Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, which she went on to lead from 1996 to 2019. Since 2019, she has served as chief researcher at the institute. In 2008, she was honored with the title of "Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation" in recognition of her contributions to the field. Her research interests center on lipidology, sphingolipidology, and the role of lipid metabolism in neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases.