Anna Szakiel – professor of University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland), researcher and university lecturer in the Faculty of Biology. Currently the Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and the Head of the Department of Plant Biochemistry. The main professional interests: plant biochemistry and biotechnology, particularly the structure, synthesis, metabolism, distribution, biological and pharmacological activities of natural compounds occurring in medicinal and edible plants. Teaching: General Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plants, Pharmacognosy, Biochemical Analysis, Plant Metabolic Pathways. Scientific papers, chapters in books and monographs published in the category Plant Science (e.g., in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Herbal Medicine, Metabolomics, Molecules, Phytochemistry, Planta Medica, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Protoplasma, Steroids). Beneficiary of 15 international scholarships including Socrates-Erasmus program and scholarships funded by French Ministry of Higher Education. Member of Management Committee of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) FA1303 (Food and Agriculture) Action „Sustainable control of grapevine trunk diseases”, 2013-2017. Memberships in Scientific Societies: American Chemical Society, European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids, Polish Botanical Society.