Assoc. Prof. Vera Neuzil-Bunesova, Ph.D. Born: February 3rd, 1985 ORCID: 0000-0002-7596-4360 Affiliation: Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Prague, Czech Republic Education/ Employment: First degree: Ing. (equal to MSc. in Farm Products Quality and Processing) 2009, CZU Second degree: Ph.D. (Animal Science) defended in 10/2012, CZU Third degree: doc. (equal to Associate Professor; Agricultural Microbiology) (11/2017, CZU) 2018: currently the Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Nutrition, and Dietetics, CZU 2017: Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Nutrition, and Dietetics, CZU 2013-2016: Post-doc researcher at CZU + internships Professional Experience:  ETH - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland       Laboratory of Food Biotechnology (2014/2015), post-doc internship BOKU, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria       Food Microbiology and Hygiene Laboratory (winter semester 2010/2011), Ph.D. internship Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Sustainable Agriculture and Food Safety Training (10/2018) University of Colorado, US; 2-week internship at the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (8/2018) IGFL France; Erasmus+ training (4/2017) JRC Italy; for Danubius Young Scientist Award winners (9/2014) Research interests in the last five years: Bifidobacterium spp., Clostridia, gut microbiota interactions, food microbiology, probiotics, and prebiotics.