Eliza Kostyra, PhD, DSc., is a scientific researcher at the Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW). Her research interests include sensory characteristics of food products; sensory interaction between flavourings/taste/texture substances in food products; temporal changes in flavour and sensory quality of food products; consumers` expectation and preferences in relation to food; perception and preference of food among children and elderly people; disorders in sensory perception as a result of various diseases; and sensory integration in improvement function of basic system of senses.