Dr. Ildikó Jócsák is a Professor (Assistant) at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Kaposvár Campus. She is also a university lecturer at Kaposvár University since 2020. She received her Ph.D. in plant breeding and botany at the Szent István University in 2017. Her research areas include the investigation of plant defense mechanisms against environmental stressors and the exploration of mitigation options using classical plant physiological and molecular biological methods.