Mrs. Tanya Chan Kim graduated in Ecology in 2008 at the Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski". She works currently at the Department of Infectious Microbiology, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as microbiologist. Her scientific interests are focused on the pharmacological potential of biologically active compounds obtained from different plant and microbial extracts. She works also in the field of food microbiology, e.g. identification of food-born pathogens in food and health promoting neutracueticals with antimicrobial and bio-stimulating potential.