Dr. Regina Mačianskienė received her Ph.D. in 1988 from the Kyiv Institute of Physiology, Ukraine. She currently serves as Lead Researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics at the Institute of Cardiology, (LUHS, Lithuania). Her research focuses on cardiomyocyte dysfunction, cardiac electrical remodeling, and cardiotropic drug development. She has published 61 research articles and holds three international patents. Dr. Mačianskienė completed research fellowships at Leuven University, Belgium, and the Pacific Biomedical Research Center, Hawaii, studying cellular signaling related to health and disease. Her research receives funding from the NIH, the European Social Fund, and the Lithuanian Research Foundation.