Daniela Nicoleta Holostenco has been working at the Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea (DDNI) Romania since 2008. She is currently Research Scientist III (RS III) and a PhD student at the University of Bucharest, School of University Studies in Ecology. In 2011 she graduated with a Master’s degree in Sustainable Coastal Development at the University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, studies funded by the BestCombat project (2009-2011). Her research spans the fields of population ecology and molecular phylogeny focusing mainly on sturgeon ecology and phylogeny. She has been actively involved in research and results dissemination, participating in national and international scientific projects, workshops and symposia, as well as a co-author of scientific papers in the field. She has been coordinating two projects: “Genome-based approaches for improvement of aquaculture in two marine sturgeon species: Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and Beluga (Huso huso)” (STURGEoNOMICS) – ERA-Net COFASP (2017-2020) - DDNI as partner and “Methods to identify seasonal changes in aquatic fauna using eDNA as a biodiversity monitoring tool” BiomeDNA – National Nucleus Programme (2019-2022).