Justyna Anna Milc graduated in 1995 at the Jagiellonian University (MD in Biology, Specialisation: Biomolecular) Krakow and obtained her PhD in Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnologies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2008 From September 2005, she carries out her activities within the group Crop Production in the Department of Life Sciences (of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (from 2008 as a technician). Her main research fields are related to understanding of mechanisms that limit the productivity of field crops, in particular plant molecular response to biotic and abiotic stresses. As regards applied research and technology transfer, Justyna Anna Milc performs part of activity in laboratory BIOGEST SITEIA that deals with marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) in collaboration with seed companies.