Dr. Nazanin Zamani-Noor holds a senior position as a plant pathologist at the Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, located in Braunschweig, Germany. She earned her Ph.D. degree from the University of Göttingen in 2011. Her research interests encompass the study of fungal diseases affecting oilseed rape, plant-pathogen interactions, molecular phytopathology, and integrated pest management (IPM). Additionally, she serves as a member of the EPPO Panel committee (Section "Efficacy Evaluation of Fungicides and Insecticides"), the German Phytopathology Society (DPG), and the German Agricultural Society (DLG). Furthermore, she is as a Guest Editor for a special issue focusing on Plasmodiophora brassicae for the journal 'Pathogens'.