Aglaïa (Litsa) Liopa-Tsakalidi is a former Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Patras, with a specialization in "Plant technology with an emphasis on plant growth modelling." Her academic profile is available at https://agriculture.upatras.gr/?page_id=4154, and her research activity is documented via Scopus (ID: 35932187700), ORCID (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5696-2167), and active profiles on Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and LinkedIn. She holds a degree from the Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) from Universität des Saarlandes, where she also served as a scientific collaborator for a decade. She subsequently pursued an academic career as Assistant and then Associate Professor at the University of Patras until her retirement. Her professional trajectory combines research, teaching, and administration: she taught at the secondary education level, worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at ICEHT/FORTH, and as a Grade D Researcher at the Plant Protection Institute of Patras; she served as Assistant Professor at TEI Messolonghi, and held the positions of Head of Department at TEI of Western Greece and Chair of the Department of Agriculture at the University of Patras. She also served as Director of a Postgraduate Studies Programme, Deputy Chair at TEI of Western Greece, deputy representative to the National Rural Network, and member of the Board of Directors o