Dr. Gritsenko is an Associate Professor and the head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, since 2019. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Technology from Al-Farabi KazNU (2006-2010) and her master’s degree in Natural Sciences from Al-Farabi KazNU (2010-2012). She did her PhD in 2019 with a thesis on "Creation of a viral vector for the production of recombinant proteins in plants and the study of their expression efficiency" at the Tolkovsky Laboratory at the Volcani Center Plant Protection Institute in Israel. She was awarded the Nazarbayev Scholarship by the President for academic excellence and high achievements in research in 2011. She has authored over 50 scientific works. Dr. Gritsenko's research interests include the genetic resources and pathology of plants, with a particular focus on studying wild apple species, especially Malus sieversii, the wild ancestor of domesticated apples. Currently, studies are being conducted on the development patterns of Malus sieversii populations in Kazakhstan, focusing on their genetic diversity and population structure.