Prof. Slavka Tcholakova received a Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry in 2004, and became an Associate Professor in 2009 and a Full Professor in 2013 in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University, Bulgaria. She was a head of the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering (DCPE) in Sofia University from 2015 to 2024. Currently, she is a head of the “Active formulations and materials” Laboratory at the DCPE. Her research interests include the formation and stability of emulsions; rheology of foams and emulsions; protein adsorption in relation to emulsion stability; foam stability in the presence of antifoams; in vitro models for the digestion and bioavailability of hydrophobic molecules; and the respective experimental methods. So far, she has published 135 research and review papers, cited over 5600 times (h-index = 42). She has led over 60 projects and participated in more than 30 projects with international companies (Unilever, BASF, Saint Gobain, Lubrizol, PepsiCo, BYK Chemie, Wacker, etc.). She has been a supervisor and co-supervisor of 16 completed PhD Theses. She was the recipient of the “Best Young Scientist” award in 2006 from the Sofia University Foundation “St. Kliment Ohridski”. In 2018, Prof. Tcholakova received the National Bulgarian award “Pythagoras” for high scientific achievements in the category of Natural Sciences.