Prof. Graciela L Lorca is a Professor in the Biology department at the University of Florida. She obtained her Ph.D. (2001) from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina. Subsequently, she moved to pursue her Postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto, Canada (2004–2006) and University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA (2001–2004). Her research interests are Type I Diabetes, Probiotics, Antimicrobials, and Citrus greening disease.