Elena Bichenkova, Ph.D., having graduated in Chemistry (B.Sc. - 1983) with a Ph.D. in NMR structural studies of nucleic acids (1993, Russia), Dr. Elena Bichenkova continued her research in the USA at Purdue University (1992, 1994) and then at the University of Texas (1996) collaborating with the first-rank NMR laboratory of Prof. David G. Gorenstein. After being awarded a Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in 1996, she joined the University of Manchester as a Research Fellow. In January 2004 Elena was appointed by School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences as a Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry followed by promotion to the Senior Lecturer level in 2009.