She was born in Russia and earned both her Bachelor degree and Ph.D. from Moscow State University while specializing in Bioenergetics and Membrane Biology. Since 1991 she has worked with Professor W. Dowhan in the University of Texas Medical School at Houston on the role of lipids in the functioning of protein complexes in bacterial and mitochondrial membranes Although Eugenia didn't pursue formal art education, she has devoted a lot of time to painting, photography and ceramics. She has a lot of friends and family connections among artists.