Mirjana Beribaka is an Assistant Professor at Department for Biology, Faculty of Technology, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She completed her PhD studies at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Genetics module, Serbia. Her research is focused on the composition of microbiota associated with different Drosophila species and their life history traits depending on the origin of the populations and the experimental conditions (heavy metals). Mirjana was involved in several national and international projects (TEMPUS - WIMB project, MAST4HEALTH (HORIZON 2020), EUROPEAN DROSOPHILA POPULATION GENOMICS - DrosEU, REINWASTE (Interreg Mediterranean), and Erasmus+ ECOBIAS project). She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the 5th and 6th International Congress “Engineering, Environment and Materials in Processing Industry“ and secretary of the 7th and 8th ones. She participated in various scientific conferences and is a member of the Serbian Genetic Society.