Dr. Eda Yıldız is a Research and Teaching Assistant in Food Engineering with a primary focus on biopolymer-based food packaging and applications. She received her Ph.D. in Food Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2023 and carried out a TÜBİTAK 2219-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Kiel University, Bioinspired Materials & Biosensor Technologies Department, Germany. Areas of expertise include electrospinning and centrifugal spinning, applied to the development of active and intelligent packaging systems. Research activities also encompass food application studies, evaluating the performance of functional films, coatings, and fibrous structures in shelf-life extension and quality preservation. Dr. Yıldız has published several peer-reviewed articles in international journals and contributed to book chapters, focusing on the incorporation of bioactive agents into packaging materials and the assessment of their performance in real food systems.