Biography: Dr. Melita Sternad Lemut got her B.Sc. in Food Technology (Enology) at the Biotechnical Faculty of Ljubljana in 1992. After graduating she was practically trained in wine estates (USA, Switzerland) and has worked in industrial research (R&D; Nestle, Switzerland) abroad. After returning home she worked in the family-owned Wine Estate with the brand name Tilia. In 2006 she joint the University of Nova Gorica as a Lecturer at the School of Viticulture & Enology and in 2009 enrolled her PhD studies at the Postgraduate Study Programme of Environmental Sciences at the same University, which she finished in 2014. She is one of the initiators of the Wine Research Centre establishment at University of Nova Gorica. In 2014 she was appointed as a Head of Wine Research Centre. Research Interests: • Enology (oenology) • Grape and wine polyphenols • Grapevine secondary metabolism and environmental interactions • Sustainable viticulture and climate change adaptation • Metabolomics applications in viticulture and oenology • Innovative and alternative winemaking technologies