Elena Marushiakova (Bulgarian: ????? ???????????) is a Romani studies scholar, of Slovak and Russian origin, lived and studied in Slovakia and Bulgaria.
She started her professional career in the Ethnographic Institute at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, followed by work in the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies and Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
From 2001 till 2004 Elena Marushiakova conducted research of Gypsies in Former Soviet Union in framework of the Complex Research Programme “Difference and integration” of the Universities of Leipzig and Halle.