Professor Nakhmurina's research interests revolve around financial reporting, governance, and monitoring.  Her current work explores these topics in the context of municipal markets, as well as by focusing on institutional investors and shareholder activism.

Nakhmurina earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Additionally, she holds M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, has M.A. in economics from the New Economic School (Moscow, Russia), and M.Sc. and B.Sc. from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Outside of academia, Nakhmurina worked in venture capital at Buran Venture Capital, and in equity research at VTB Capital in Moscow, Russia.