Bożena Szewczyk-Taranek, PhD, is positioned at the Department of Ornamental Plants and Garden Art, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland. She completed her PhD studies in Major at the University. She recently led projects on the sustainable production of ornamental plants. She is a member of the International Society for Horticultural Science and the Polish Botanical Society. Her teaching disciplines include plant physiology, ornamental plant quality, annual plant production, and plant nutrition.