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Larisa Soldatova is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of artificial intelligence, automated scientific discovery, and knowledge representation, whose work has fundamentally advanced the concept of the "Robot Scientist." Best known for her central contributions to the development of Robot Scientists "Adam" and "Eve," she has helped demonstrate that AI systems can autonomously generate and test scientific hypotheses — a landmark achievement documented in her landmark 2009 paper "The Automation of Science," which has amassed over 634 citations. Adam represented a breakthrough in automating functional genomics research in yeast, while Eve, described in her 2015 work with 161 citations, validated faster and cheaper drug discovery by repositioning compounds against neglected tropical diseases. Soldatova has also made significant contributions to scientific ontologies, developing formal frameworks for representing hypotheses and drug discovery investigations that enable machine-readable science. Her philosophical reflections on automating science further situate her work within broader intellectual debates about the future of research. Collectively, her contributions have shaped a new paradigm in which AI does not merely assist scientists but actively participates in the discovery process itself.