Mirjana Brmež is a Professor at the Department of Plant Protection, University of Osijek. She completed her PhD studies at the Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. Her teaching areas mainly include nematology, entomology, ecological agriculture, her research interests mainly include the assessment of soil contamination with plant-parasitic nematodes, nematodes as bioindicators of environmental conditions, and advisory work in phytomedicine.