Senior Application Scientist
Protein Fluidics
Dr. Nikolov is a physician-scientist with 10+ years of academic and industrial experience in cancer biology and cell imaging. Her background has been in solid tumor models, tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy. In her previous experience she led the development of 3D micro-tumor assay from biopsies to predict patients’ response to therapy to improve outcomes. Her experience includes T cell-based platform for drug screens in senescence research. In her current role of Senior Application Scientist at Protein Fluidics, she leads the projects on 3D cell-based assay development and assay optimization. Her work involves innovating 3D cell-based applications with the Pu·MA System, in depth high-content imaging and metabolomic analyses. Dr. Nikolov obtained her MD from Russian National Research Medical University and did her Postdoc research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and at Weill Cornell Medical College before moving to the industry. She is a member of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR).