Dr. Anca Ioana Nicolau graduated as an Engineer in Food Technology (1985) and obtained her Ph.D. in Biotechnology (1999). She is currently working as a Professor of Food Microbiology, Rapid Methods, and Automation in Microbiology and Hygiene for Food Business Operators at the Faculty of Food Science and Engineering at the Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania. She is the president of the Galati Branch of the General Association of Romanian Engineers (AGIR). Her current research is related to the detection of pathogens in food and food processing environments and to the destruction of microorganisms using alternative technologies. She acted as the institutional responsible for several European projects such as Biotracer (FP6), Promise (FP7), Foodseg (FP7), Food Zoonosis (COST Action 920), BacFoodNet (COST FA Action 2012), SafeFood (ERA IB2), and SafeConsume (Horizon 2020).