Dr. Monika Pogány Simonová is a Senior Researcher at the Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology. She received her DVM degree from the University of Veterinary Medicine in 2001, and her Ph.D. from the Institute of Animal Physiology SAS in 2006. She is a member of the Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology. Her research interests include Microbiology, Antimicrobials, Bacteriocins, Animal Physiology, Biotechnology, Food Safety, Food Science and Technology, PCR and Microbial Molecular Biology.