Bożena Matysiak, Ph.D.,is a professor at The Department of Applied Biology at The National Institute of Horticultural Research in Skierniewice, Poland. Education background: University of Life Sciences, M.S. degree in Horticulture (1984); The National Institute of Horticultural Research, a Ph.D. degree in horticulture (1996); The National Institute of Horticultural Research, post-doctoral degree—qualification as assistant professor (2008). Work experience: Ph.D. researcher, lecturer researcher, curator of genetic resources of Rosa genus. Research interests: photobiology, abiotic stresses, and ecophysiology of horticultural plants. Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science, and president of the Polish Rose Society.