Simona Ioana Vicas is a full professor at the Environmental Protection Faculty of the University of Oradea, Romania. She completed her PhD studies in Biotechnology at the USAMV University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has recently led projects in the bioeconomy field. She has published more than 70 papers in various journals (ISI). Her teaching disciplines include organic chemistry, plant biochemistry, food additives, and nutraceuticals, and her interests include bioactive compounds, polyphenols, glucosinolates, antioxidant capacity, antigenotoxicity, functional foods, nanoparticles, and cell cultures.