Dr. Svetlana Ermolaeva is a Head of Ecology of Pathogenic Bacteria Laboratory at the Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia. She obtained her B.S.in physics and M.D. in molecular biology at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia, and her PhD and ScD in microbiology and genetics at the Gamaleya Institute. She specializes in molecular biology and ecology of pathogenic bacteria. Her current researches include biomedical applications of nonthermal plasma known as plasma medicine. Dr. Svetlana Ermolaeva is a Head of Ecology of Pathogenic Bacteria Laboratory at the Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia. She obtained her B.S.in physics and M.D. in molecular biology at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia, and her PhD and ScD in microbiology and genetics at the Gamaleya Institute. She specializes in molecular biology and ecology of pathogenic bacteria. Her current researches include biomedical applications of nonthermal plasma known as plasma medicine.

He is interested in understanding pathogenicity, latency and reactivation of viruses in their host to produce vaccine. He is also interested in how bacterial cells respond to the environment by altering which protein they synthesize and in how bacteria detect and respond to stressful conditions.