Dr. Melinda Pruneanu is a researcher and lecturer in textile chemical engineering at the Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iași, Faculty of Industrial Design and Business Management. Her expertise primarily focuses on textile materials engineering, including sustainable textile finishing, selective chemical modification of cellulose, and the functionalization of cellulosic and protein-based fibers. She also has extensive experience in hide and skin processing, collagen-based biomaterials, chemical synthesis, and advanced purification of collagenic structures for bio- and pharmaceutical applications. She has authored over 47 ISI- and BDI-indexed scientific publications and is co-inventor of nine patents. Over the past decade, she has contributed as a research team member to several national and European projects in the TCLF sector (including METASKILLS, EDRESS, Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030, and PN-II/PN-III programmes).