Prof. Dr. Stoyanka Nikolova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Plovdiv University, Bulgaria. She completed her Ph.D. in Organic Synthesis at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2003 and has over 20 years of experience in synthetic experimental chemistry. In 2024, she received the Award of Outstanding Woman Researcher in Organic Chemistry (9th Venus International Women Awards). Her research interests include organic synthesis, heterocyclic compounds, isoquinolines, in silico studies, and hybrid molecules.