Prof. Altijana Hromić-Jahjefendić is an Associate Professor of the Genetics and Bioengineering Department. She earned her Ph.D. in 2017 at The University of Graz, Austria. She is the Head of the Department of Natural Sciences at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, and Program Coordinator of the Genetics and Bioengineering Department from 2019. Her research interests include cancer research and biochemistry (with a focus on enzymes). She is currently engaged as a Senior Researcher and IUS Project Coordinator at the DeepGreenInno Project funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and a Project Coordinator at the IVENT Project funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Youth of Sarajevo Canton.