Professor Larissa Brizhik of Boglyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ukraine is also a member of the prestigious International Institute of Biophysics in Neuss, Germany. Larissa studied physics at Kiev State University before completing her PhD at the Bogolyubov Institute. Her current research interests include electro-photon interaction, soliton mechanism for energy storage and the influence of electromagnetic radiation on biological systems, amongst others.

Larissa has published a substantial number of papers in leading scientific journals and has participated in many conferences around the world. Larissa received the Prigogine Medal in 2011.