Anna A. Novokhatko studied Classics at the Universities Lomonossov of Moscow and Humbold-Universität zu Berlin (B.A. and M.A. 2000) and continued her PhD studies at the Universities Lomonossov of Moscow and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Ph.D 2004). She has taught Ancient Greek and Latin Language and Literature at the Universities Lomonossov of Moscow (2003-2006), and Freiburg (2008-2019). Since 2020 she is Associate Professor of Classical Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Her research interests include history and terminology of Ancient scholarship, textual criticism, Ancient Greek Comedy. In her Habilitation Thesis (Freiburg, 2018) she explored pre-Alexandrian approaches to textual scholarship. Furthermore, she is interested in cognitive theories of metaphor and ancient considerations on metaphor, as well as methodologies and development of Digital Classics. She is member of scientific committee of the journal Frammenti sulla Scena (online). Studi sul dramma antico frammentario and participates in/leads various research projects.

She has written the book The Invectives of Sallust and Cicero: critical edition with introduction, translation, and commentary (Walter de Gruyter 2009) and co-edited the following volumes: 1) Fragmentation in Ancient Greek Drama, ed. by A. Lamari, F. Montanari and A. Novokhatko, De Gruyter, Berlin - New York 2020; 2) Digitale Altertumswissenschaften: Thesen und Debatten zu Methoden und Anwendungen, hrsg. von S. Chronopoulos, F. K. Maier, und A. Novokhatko, Reihe: Digital Classics Books 4, Propylaeum Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2020; 3) Antikes Heldentum in der Moderne: Konzepte, Praktiken, Medien, von S. Tilg und A. Novokhatko. Rombach Verlag Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien, 2019; 4) Gaze, Vision, and Visuality in Ancient Greek Literature, ed. by A. Kampakoglou und A. Novokhatko, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2018; 5) Messen und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft. Interdisziplinäre Ansätze, von M. Schweiker, J. Hass, A. Novokhatko, und R. Halbleib. Metzler – Springer, Wiesbaden, 2017; 6) Verleugnete Rezeption: Fälschungen antiker Texte, von W. Kofler und A. Novokhatko. Rombach Verlag Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Wien, 2017; 7) Cristoforo Landinos Xandra und die Transformationen römischer Liebesdichtung des Quattrocento, von W. Kofler und A. Novokhatko, NeoLatina 20, Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen, 2016; 8) Die neulateinische Dichtung in Frankreich zur Zeit der Pléiade / La Poésie néo-latine en France au temps de la Pléiade, von M.-F. Guipponi-Gineste, W. Kofler, A. Novokhatko, G. Polizzi, NeoLatina 19, Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen, 2015. She has also published in journals and collective volumes.