Tatiana Chalaya’s research encompasses diverse areas. In her latest work, “Avoiding the blame game,” co-authored with A. Uldanov (2024), she delves into the landscape fire policy debates in Russia, analyzing NGO and government narrative strategies. In collaboration with researchers Schlaufer, Pilkina, Khaynatskaya, Voronova, and Pozhivotko (2022), Chalaya explores how civil society organizations navigate communication in authoritarian settings, focusing on the Russian waste management debate. Additionally, her early contributions include investigating tissue specificity of methylation in human chromosome 19 (2006) and enhancing the specificity of DNA hybridization-based methods (2004). Tatiana’s research spans environmental policy, civil society dynamics, and molecular biology.