Lidija Jakobek is a full professor at the Faculty of Food Technology, Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia. She received her BSc and PhD degrees in Biotechnical Sciences from the same Faculty and University. Her scientific interests are the investigation of the fate of phenolic compounds in the digestive tract, their interactions with other food components especially with dietary fibers, and the influence of these interactions on the beneficial effects of phenolic compounds in the digestive tract. She is also interested in modeling experimental data to predict the behavior of phenolic compounds in the digestive system.