Dr. Tonya Andreeva is Assoc. Prof. at the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. Dr. Andreva has got her PhD degree in Biophysics in the same Institute at 2006 with a thesis focused on the model lipid membranes with controllable morphology and surface potential. Until 2017 she published 28 research articles in the area of Biophysics, Plant science, Physical chemistry, Polymer science, Biomedicine. She participated more than 50 national and international conferences and 20 scientific projects in collaboration with numerous national and international Institutes and Universities, among which Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany; Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen (NMI), Germany; University of Bordeaux 1 "Science and Technology", France; Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London; Institute for the Structure of Matter, Italian National Research Council; Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Main research area and subareas: Biophysics, Colloids and interfaces, Soft matter, Atomic force microscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Surface analytical techniques, Properties of materials, Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, Polymer coatings Additional research areas and subareas: Physical chemistry, Material chemistry, Hofmeister effect, Mechanical properties of biomaterials, Self-assembly of proteins, Biomembranes, Lipids, Membrane proteins, Biodegradable/biocompatible polymers