Kateryna Kon

Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University in Kharkiv, Ukraine, as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has ten years of teaching and fifteen years of research experience. Dr. Kon is an editorial board member of six international peer-reviewed journals. Her scientific contributions include more than 100 published papers, 8 books, and 20 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon's research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause surgical and gynecological infections, as well as the antibacterial properties of essential oils and nanoparticles. Since 2015, Dr. Kon also works for Science Photo Library as a medical artist, using her years of experience studying and teaching microbiology to create scientific illustrations and share her vision of the microworld.