Dr. Mila Rusanova received her Master's degree in Biology from the Faculty of Biology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 1996. She defended her PhD thesis in Genetics at the AgroBioInstitute (ABI), Agricultural Academy, Sofia in 2019 and since 2020 has held the position of Assistant Professor at the Agrobiotechnology Department of ABI. Throughout her career, Dr. Rusanova has performed several short and mid-term specializations including three visits at the Agricultural Research Centre (CLO), Gent, Belgium, one year stay at the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea, and one six months period at the Institute of Pharma Technology, University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland. Dr. Rusanova's scientific interests include genomics and metabolomics studies in medicinal plants as well as valorization of by-products and wastes from medicinal and essential-oil-bearing plants aiming at the utilization of bioactive compounds.