Official address:

14/19 Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya St.

Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases

Moscow, 105062, Russia

Fax (7 495) 6237353, phone (7 495) 6253256

email: iomdina@mail.ru, iomdina@gmail.com

Education:

• Studied biophysics at Moscow State Pedagogical University. Graduated in 1975.
• Ph.D. in biology from Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute for Eye Diseases (1985).
  Ph.D. Thesis: Biomechanical Properties of Sclera and Methods of its Reinforcement in Myopia
• Dr. Sci. in biology from Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute for Eye Diseases (2000)
  Thesis: Biomechanics of Myopic Sclera: Diagnostics of Disorders and their Experimental Correction

Academic Degrees:

• Professor of Biology (2013)
• Dr. Sci. in Biology (2000)

Employment experience:

2009–present: Helmholtz Research Institute for Eye Diseases, Moscow:

                        Principal Researcher

1975–2009:     Helmholtz Research Institute for Eye Diseases, Moscow:

                        Researcher, Research Assistant, Leading Researcher.

Research in biomechanics and biochemistry of human and animal eye

• Myopia pathogenesis
• Surgical and nonsurgical methods of myopia treatment and sclera reinforcement in progressive myopia
• Research in glaucoma pathogenesis and treatment

• Biomechanics and biochemistry of the eye (in particular, crosslinking of the cornea and the sclera)
• Experimental ophthalmology

Fields of research:

• Biomechanics and biochemistry of the eye (in particular, the eye coats)
• Experimental ophthalmology

Publications: 2 books, over 150 articles in reviewed journals, over 45 patents and inventions

Languages: Russian, English, Spanish

Membership:

• Member of All-Russian Ophthalmological Society
• Member of All-Russian Society of Biomechanics
• Member of European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
• Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Expert activity:

• Scientific expert of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• Scientific expert of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Publishing: Russian Ophthalmological Journal, Deputy Editor-in-Chief since 2008.

Awards: E.N.Iomdina is awarded with several international and Russian research prizes, among others: Award from the European Glaucoma Society (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Selected publications

Articles

1. L.A.Svetikova, E.N.Iomdina, N.Yu.Ignatyeva, A.N.Serik, S.F.Migal, N.A.Nazarova. Structural Features of Eyelid Connective Tissue in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma. International Ophthalmology 2018 Oct 12, 38:251–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-018-1035-7
2. E.N. Iomdina, E.P. Tarutta, V.A. Semchishen, N.Yu. Ignatyeva, T.N. Kiseleva, A.A. Sianosyan, S.V. Milash. Low Invasive Technology of Sclera Crosslinking: an Experimental Implementation. H. Eskola et al. (eds.), EMBEC & NBC 2017 37, IFMBE Proceedings 65, 382-385. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_96.
3. Evgeni Yu. Zernii, Viktoriia E. Baksheeva, Elena N. Iomdina, Olga A. Averina, Sergei E. Permyakov, Pavel P. Philippov, Andrey A. Zamyatnin Jr., Ivan I. Senin. Rabbit models of ocular diseases: new relevance for classical approaches. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 2016;15(3):267-91. PMID:26553163
4. Elena N. Iomdina, Gregory N. Goltsman, Sergey V. Seliverstov, Alisa A. Sianosyan, Kseniya O. Teplyakova, Anastasia A. Rusova. A Study of transmittance and reflectance spectra of the cornea and the sclera in the THz frequency range. J Biomed Opt 2016 Sep 1;21(9):97002 doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.21.9.097002.4.
5. N.I. Minkevich; L.Morozova-Roche; E.N Iomdina; T.V Rakitina; A.P Bogachuk; D.L Kakuev; Smirnova V E.; K. Yanamandra; I.I. Babichenko; I.A. Kostanian; V.M. Lipkin. Abnormal Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) Processing in Progressive Myopia. Experimental Eye Research 2016 Nov;152:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2016.08.017
6. E.N.Iomdina, I.P.Khoroshilova-Maslova, O.V.Robustova, O.A.Averina, N.A.Kovaleva, G.Aliev, V. Prakash Reddy, A.A. Zamyatnin Jr., M.V. Skulachev, I.I.Senin, V.P. Skulachev. (2015). Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant SkQ1 reverses glaucomatous lesions in rabbits. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2015 Jan 1;20:892-901. https://www.bioscience.org/special-issue-details?editor_id=155.
7. G.Wollensak, E.N.Iomdina. Biomechanical and histological changes after corneal crosslinking with and without epithelial debridement. J Cataract Refract Surg 2009; 35(3):540-546.
8. G.Wollensak, E. N.Iomdina, D.-D. Dittert, H.Herbst Wound Healing in the Rabbit Cornea after Corneal Collagen-Crosslinking using Riboflavin and UVA. Cornea 2007; 26: 600-605.
9. G.Wollensak, E. N.Iomdina, G.Stoltenburg, D.-D. Dittert. Cross-linking of scleral collagen in the rabbit using riboflavin and UVA. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2005; 83: 477-482.

Book publication

Е.N.Iomdina, S.М.Bauer, К.Е.Коtliar. Eye Biomechanics: theoretical aspects and clinical applications. Moscow: Real Time, 2015: 208 p. (In Russian)

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