Dr. Igori Balta is an Lecturer at the Faculty of Bioengineering of Animal Resources, King Michael I University of Life Sciences in Timisoara, Romania. From the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, he earned his B.Sc. in Food Industry Biotechnology and M.Sc. in Applied Biotechnology in 2017 and 2019, respectively. In 2023, he received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) Cluj-Napoca in collaboration with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI). His research keywords include pathogenic bacteria, toxins, food matrices, genetic analyses and in vitro and in vivo studies.