Luminița Smaranda Iancu, Ph.D., M.D., is Professor of Microbiology at the "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași (Professor since 2005, and Doctoral Supervisor since 2007). She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1984 and is a senior doctor in microbiology, as well as Chief Physician of the Regional Center for Public Health in Iași. Since 2016, she has served as Vice-Rector at the same university (in charge of postgraduate studies). In the research field, her areas of interest are viral hepatitis, HIV and HPV infections, and antibiotic resistance.