Stevan Samardžić, PhD, is a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Pharmacy, Serbia, and also holds the title of Senior Research Associate. He has worked at the Faculty since 2012. He obtained his pharmacy degree in 2011 and his PhD in 2018 at the same institution, with doctoral research on the phytochemistry and pharmacological activity of Filipendula species. His research focuses on the chemical characterization and biological evaluation of medicinal plants and plant foods, the isolation of natural products, and the valorization of agricultural by-products, with particular emphasis on polyphenols. He participated in the PhAgroWaste project and currently contributes to the BlackCeuticals project, both supported by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia and focused on the valorization of agricultural by-products as sources of bioactive compounds.