Monika Konaklieva completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry - Organic Synthesis from SUNY Buffalo -1997 and became a visiting professor in Medicinal Chemistry at

Midwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (1997-1999). She is currently an Associate Professor at American University. She has published more than 40 papers in

reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of several chemistry journals publishing in the areas of organic and medicinal chemistry.