Dr. Lăcrămioara Rusu is an Associate Professor Habilitate, PhD Eng., and teaches at "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau from Romania, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical and Food Engineering Department, in the fields of chemical engineering and food engineering (since 2002). She became a PhD supervisor in the environmental engineering field in 2022 when she sustained her habilitation thesis. She obtained a doctoral degree in 2001 in the field of chemical engineering at “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania. Her research in recent years has focused on obtaining biocomposite materials with applications in the food industry and environmental protection. Her scientific interests are centered around the valorization of bioresources, food industry by-products, and waste. To this end, she pursues an interdisciplinary approach to obtain biosorbents, biopesticides, and functional foods by incorporating bioactive compounds. She has published more than 110 scientific papers, from which 15 are in Q1 and Q2 areas, and she was involved in 17 interdisciplinary research projects and two patents. The recognition and visibility of scientific research on national and international levels are sustained by the 11 Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) Awards and the Hirsch indexes achieved: h-index Google Academic is 19 and h-index Scopus is 16.