Dr. Sophia Barinova is a Senior Researcher at University of Haifa, Israel. Dr. Sophia Barinova did Ph.D in Institute of Botany, Russian Academy of Science, St.-Peterburg in Botany. She has published over 50 articles and book chapters and abstracts. She has served as reviewer for many journals and received various awards and honors.

Dr. Sophia Barinova's research interests are Applied Phycology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function, Community Ecology, Evolution of Evolution Processes evolving Mutation Rates, Evolution of Natural Selection, Evolution of New Inheritance Mechanisms