Nina Sergeevna Pestereva, Senior Researcher, I.P. Pavlov Physiology Department, Institute of Experimental Medicine. PhD in Biology (completed postgraduate studies at IEM in 2021). Experience in physiology since 2013. Previously, area of interest was calpains, now - the in vivo measurement of dopamine in health and pathology. Member of the Russian Biochemical Society (1203/428/2022/RBSMEM). Winner of the St. Petersburg grant competition for students, graduate students, young scientists, and young candidates of science in 2016; "Best erudition" award at the VII international symposium "Interaction of the nervous and immune systems in health and disease" 2019; Recipient of the FENS travel grant 2020; Twice winner of the Institute of Experimental Medicine Prize for young scientists in 2023 and 2024; winner of the All-Russian youth conference "Methods and devices for analyzing biological samples" AnalitBioPribor – 2024; winner of the IEEE 26th International Conference of Young Professionals (EDM) in the Biomedicine category; Laureate of the Scientific Center "Idea" 2025.