The research project of Dr. Borissova at Rhine-Waal University is supported by the prestigious German Chancellor Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and is focused on SciComm in Russia in an international context.
Since 2008, she has been active in media as a science reporter and editor of leading Russian news outlets (TASS news agency, Gazeta.Ru).
She has also been involved in science PR as a founder and the first Head of Communication office at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (2014).
Her teaching curriculum includes online news journalism (Moscow Polytechnical University) and science communication (ITMO University, St. Petersburg).
She is a co-founder of AKSON - the first professional SciComm association in Russia (2016) and “Open Science” - Russian-speaking press release distribution system for science news.