Paul C. Calugar, PhD student at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, having as a field of study fermentative biotechnologies. The educational activity took place within the same University, benefiting from an Erasmus scholarship during the first year of my master's degree. During the doctoral period, the aim is to improve the fermentative processes and the sensory characteristics with applicability in the alcoholic beverage industry.