Elena works as a research engineer at the Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction Methods at the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, and as a senior lecturer at the Cartography Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Technology. She is currently working on her PhD thesis in Engineering Geology. As part of her thesis, she studies landslide processes, their development dynamics, and the factors that influence the activation of exogenous geological processes. As part of her scientific work, she also studies seismogravitational landslides and the influence of geomagnetic fluxes on seismic activity levels. She has served as a research mentor, preparing high school students for academic conferences and nationwide competitions—many of her students have gone on to become prize-winners and champions as a result of their work.
She organized and led research expeditions to the Utrish State Nature Reserve in the summer of 2023 and to the Ilmensky State Reserve in the summer of 2024. She also trained the Moscow city team as a scientific mentor for participation in the All-Russian Children's Environmental Forum—in 2024, the team took first place, and in 2025, they placed as runners-up.
She is a winner of the 5th International Award of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor), "Ecology Is Everyone's Business," in the "Eco-Education" category.

Kirill works as a research engineer at the Institute of Geosphere Dynamics in Moscow and does geophysics, particulary – ionosphere study. He also decided not to limit himself to one field of science and at the same time studies pedagogy at the Institute of Education, harmoniously combining geophysics and education. Last year, he learned about the existence of research-based learning and the International Research School and decided to participate in such a school as a tutor by all means.