Dr. Ancuta Goriuc is an associate professor of General and Oral Biochemistry Discipline at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T.Popa” Iasi, where she has been working since 2013 to the present. She graduated from the Theoretical High School, "Petru Rares", from Suceava in 1998. In 2005, she graduated from the Dental Medicine faculty at "Grigore T. Popa" University in Iasi. She earned a Ph.D. in Dental Medicine from the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 2011. She has worked as a Teaching Assistant at “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy since 2013. Her research topics mainly include apoptosis and gingival overgrowth, periodontal disease, and metalloproteinases, dentistry.