Miroslava Kačániová is a Professor in Biotechnology at the Institute of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture. She works in the Laboratory of Applied Bacteriology at the Agrobiotech Research Center. Her research activities are focused on microbiological analysis of foodstuffs and the effect of biologically active substances and natural substances, with a focus on the mechanisms of action of these substances on the digestive system of animals in vivo and in vitro conditions. She is also involved in research on the antimicrobial resistance of food-isolated bacteria and the antimicrobial activity of natural substances against various types of microorganisms in vitro, in vivo, and in situ.