Emilia Bernaś, MSc, PhD, DSc in Food Technology and Nutrition. She in an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Food Technology and Human Nutrition in University of Agriculture in Krakow. She belongs to the Fruit, Vegetable and Mushroom Processing team in the Department of Plant Product Technology and Nutrition Hygiene; and she is a researcher and lecturer. Emilia Bernaś scientific interests concern especially edible mushrooms processing; as well as fruit, vegetables and medicinal plants processing too. They include quality assessment of fresh material and its changes as a result of pre-treatment, processing (mainly freezing, canning, drying, fermentation) and storage. Quality assessments mainly include organoleptic analysis, instrumental analysis of the colour and texture and nutritional analysis (e.g. vitamins, phenols, antioxidants, natural pigments, minerals, amino acids). Emilia Bernaś is a member of the Polish Food Technologists Society and a Society of Chemical Industry (UK).