Margareta Simina Stanc, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, where she has been teaching and conducting research since 2000. She holds a PhD in Biology (Archaeozoology) from the same university, awarded cum laude in 2005. Her research interests focus on archaeozoology, bioarchaeology, and comparative animal anatomy. She has coordinated and participated in numerous national and international research projects and is a member of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ), the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), and the GMPCA.