Dr. Julia A. Weinstein obtained her Diploma in Chemistry (with honors) from Moscow Lomonosov State University in 1990, followed by a Ph.D. from the same institution in 1994, where she became a member of staff. In 2000 she became a Royal Society/NATO postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Nottingham, which was followed by a temporary lectureship at the same institution. In 2004 she was appointed as an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow and obtained a lectureship at the University of Sheffield. In 2010 she was promoted to senior lecturer, followed by a promotion to reader in 2015, and to professor of physical chemistry in 2016.