Dr. Zeliha Üstün Argon is an Assistant Professor in the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Program at Meram Vocational School, Necmettin Erbakan University, Türkiye, and serves as Deputy Director of the university’s Medicinal and Cosmetic Plants Application and Research Center. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Food Science and a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Her research focuses on medicinal and aromatic plants, the extraction and characterization of bioactive compounds, and the development and evaluation of plant-based products. Her expertise includes food chemistry, phytochemical analysis, herbal products, and advanced extraction technologies. She has ten years of industrial experience, having worked as an R&D Manager in dietary supplement production and as a Quality Manager at an edible oil refinery. She has also participated in European Union projects involving industrial-scale applications. She previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the Faculty of Agriculture. Her current research interests include the phytochemical characterization of medicinal and aromatic plants, recovery of bioactive compounds, and their applications in food, health-related products, and cosmetics. She is a member of the Chamber of Food Engineers of Türkiye.