Carmen Rodica Pop is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Food Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She graduated from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca in 2009 and received a Master’s (2011) and Ph.D. (2013) degrees there. She is a member of the European Plant Science Organization and the Slow Food International. Her research interests are food microbiology, edible film, essential oils, and antibacterial activity.