Dr. Popovkina graduated from the Sechenov First Moscow Medical Institute in 1989. From 1989 to 1991, she completed her residency with honors in the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Moscow Medical Academy, specializing in Internal Medicine. Since November 1991, she has been working at the A.F. Tsyb Medical Research Center, a branch of the National Medical Research Center of Radiology. PhD in Medicine.In 2020 - the Head of the Photodynamic Diagnostics and Therapy Department at the A.F. Tsyb Medical Research Center. She has published more than 70 research articles in SCI(E) journals.