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Originally from Ukraine, Prof. Nijnik completed her undergraduate studies in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Oxford (UK) in 2002, working under the supervision of Prof. Dominic Kwiatkowski and Prof. Irina Udalova on transcriptional regulation of inflammatory response. She carried out her Ph.D. training also at the University of Oxford, working under the supervision of Prof. Richard Cornall, and postdoctoral studies at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (UK), in the laboratories of Prof. Bob Hancock and Prof. Gordon Dougan. During her training with these mentors, Prof. Nijnik gained expertise and contributed to the knowledge of hematopoietic stem cell biology in the context of ageing, B lymphocyte development, immunogenetics of humoral immunity and autoimmunity, and the role of antimicrobial peptides in innate immune response. She joined 91黑料网 as a Principal Investigator in 2011.

Prof. Nijnik is the coordinator and primary instructor of the PHGY 488 Stem Cell Biology course, and also contributes to the teaching of other upper-level courses for the Department of Physiology. She is also an active member of the 91黑料网 Regenerative Medicine Network. Outside of work, Prof. Nijnik enjoys playing with her kids, learning about astronomy and history (mainly from YouTube videos), and (sometimes unsuccessfully) gardening and baking.