Gabriela Râpeanu received her Ph.D. from Dunarea de Jos University of Galati in 2005. She then served as a research assistant and lecturer at the same university until 2008. Following that, she was promoted to the post of an Associate Professor in 2008, and then as a Full Professor in 2013, which she continues to hold to this day. Currently, she also serves as a Laboratory Manager in the LAFCMA and RENAR Accreditation. Additionally, she works as an Executive Editor for the electronic journal, Innovative Romanian Food Biotechnology, and as a Peer Reviewer for international journals in the field of Food Technology and Biotechnology, such as Food Chemistry, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Food Science, Food and Bioprocess Technologies, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, Molecules, Antioxidants, etc.