Livia VIDU, director of Council for Doctoral Academic Studies (2024-present), Vice-dean Education activity (2021-2024); full professor, PhD supervisor at the Faculty of Animal Production Engineering and Management at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania. Since 2022 is Corresponding Member of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences. Responsible for the PhD Program in Animal Science at University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest. National Coordinator FAO for management of animal genetic resources, since 2014 and Standing Committee member in International Buffalo Federation, since 2013. She has rich publishing experience, materialized in 24 published books, including 10 first author / coordinator / single author, 200 published scientific papers. She participated in the implementation of 21 national and international research projects.