Prof. Tünde Pusztahelyi is a certified biologist with a specialization in biotechnology. She has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. 1998, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen) and habilitation in Food Sciences (2009, Centre for Agricultural Sciences, University of Debrecen). She works as the head of the Central Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Products, Faculty of Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen (2013-). Memberships: member of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology (1993-), member of the Scientific Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology (2018-), member of the Working Committee on Agrochemistry and Food Science of the Debrecen Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Awards: 2001: Universitas Foundation Category II, 2002: FEMS Research Fellowship (3 months), 2002: Scholarship of the Hungarian Scholarship Committee (5 months), 2017: Rector's Certificate of Appreciation of the University of Debrecen. Her research topics mainly include fungal physiology, secondary metabolite production and biocontrol.