Marijana Tucak, PhD, is the Senior Research Advisor with Tenure and Head of the Department of Forage Crops Breeding and Genetics at the Agricultural Institute Osijek in Osijek, Croatia. She earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biotechnical Sciences (Field of Agriculture), specializing in Genetics and Plant Breeding, from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture in 2006. Her research focuses on forage crop breeding and genetics, including the characterization and evaluation of forage crops, with particular emphasis on genetic improvement and variety development, especially in alfalfa and red clover. She has co-authored two books, including “Lucerne”, which was approved by the Senate of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek as a university textbook in 2008. She is an author or co-author of 16 registered forage crop varieties and more than 90 scientific papers, 52 of which are indexed in the Web of Science database. She has actively participated in numerous international and national scientific and professional conferences, seminars, and workshops. She is a member of NAAIC, the Croatian Genetic Society, EUCARPIA, the Legume Society, and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. She was a leader of three research projects and a collaborator on seven additional projects.