Fani Hatjina is a biologist with a PhD in pollination behavior of honeybees (1997) as well as a senior researcher and director of a governmental research institution with more than 60 scientific publications. Hatjina's research focuses on effects of pesticides and veterinary medicines on honeybees, breeding of honeybees with resistance to diseases and conservation of local bee populations. Hatjina is president of the Scientific Commission for Bee Health of APIMONDIA, is a council member of the International Bee Research Association and served as an expert in 'Bee groups' of OECD and EFSA.