Popova Nadezhda Mikhailovna received her BS and MS in Biology from the MSPU in 2018 and 2022, and is now pursuing PhD in Microbiology. She works as a Researcher at Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS (2023–now), earlier as an engineer (2018-2023). Research topics mainly include: biofilm development, microbial community, bioremediation, microscopy.