Dr. Elka R. Georgieva

Elka R. Georgieva is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University. She is leading a scientific program to elucidate the structure and function of membrane proteins encoded by human pathogens. She obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her Principal Research Interests include Protein engineering, Mechanisms of membrane proteins, Molecular mechanisms of virus-host interactions, and Membrane proteins in drug development. Prior to Texas Tech University, Elka Georgieva conducted research in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University.  Dr. Georgieva has published multiple highly cited scientific papers describing important biomedical findings.