Prof. Liliana – Aurelia Bădulescu is a professor of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, and Horticultural Product Quality at the Faculty of Horticulture in Bucharest and is the Head of the Department of the Bioengineering of Horticultural Systems. She is the Director of the Research Center for Studies of Food and Agricultural Product Quality within the USAMV Bucharest, and her expertise covers research areas including botany and plant physiology, molecular plant physiology, plant laboratory techniques, chromatography and elemental analysis (ICP), post-harvest technologies, biodiversity, ecosystems development and interactions. Her primary focus on post-harvest technologies is on research concerning the improvement of the storage capacity of food products, the analysis of food product quality through non-destructive techniques, the identifications of biological control techniques for specific storage pathogens, and the testing of post-harvest treatments to improve storage capacities.