Dr. Manu Minodora studied Environmental Sciences at Faculty of Biology from Bucharest University. Since 1999, she worked as scientific researcher on the ecology of soil invertebrates, at the Department of Ecology, Taxonomy and Environmental Protection of the Institute of Biology- Romanian Academy. She obtained the PhD from Romanian Academy- Institute of Biology, in 2007. Her research is focused on the abiotic soil factors (temperature, humidity, pH, etc.), diversity, structure and dynamics of the soil invertebrates populations from natural- protected and man-affected ecosystems. As a researcher in Department of Ecology, Taxonomy and Environmental Protection, her research was focused on: correlation between soil abiotic factors and population parameters of edaphic invertebrates; on impact of heavy metals concentration from soil on mites from grasslands; on terrestrial ecology. In 2010, she was awarded by Romanian Academy, with “ Emil Racoviţă” reward, in Biology field. She is author or co-author of 8 books, 8 boks chapters ; 21 international scientific indexing (ISI) journals; 37 international publications, 33 national publications; member of the European Association of Acarologists, African Association of Acarology and Eurasian Dry Grassland Group: Restauration and Conservation. She had 76 participation on international conferences and 60 on national ones. She is scientific reviewer for 34 international and national journals.