Polina Tsalgatidou is a native Greek, born in Munich, Germany. She received her Bachelor's degree in the department of Biotechnology from Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) in 2015 and her Master's degree in Crop Science in 2016 from the same University. Her PhD was is agricultural microbiology in the department of Crop Science from Agricultural University of Athens studding beneficial endophytic and rhizospheric microorganisms and their effect in plant growth and protection. The object of her study focuses on the genomic and metabolomic analysis of the beneficial endophytic bacteria. For her doctoral thesis, she received a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). Her research interests focuses on plant protection, agricultural microbiology, microbial biotechnology, molecular biology, genomic and metabolomic analysis.