Stefaniia was born in 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry in June 2025 at Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), where she was working under Prof. E.V. Grachova’s supervision, focusing on the synthesis of heterometallic Pt(II)-Au(III) complexes. In October 2025, Stefaniia joined the research group of Prof. Ilan Marek, currently working on utilizing bismetalated species for the synthesis of small fused rings