Prof. Janina Gospodarek earned her agronomy doctorate from the Agricultural Academy in 2001. Since 2012, she has worked as an assistant professor of agronomy at the Faculty of Agriculture and Economics. Currently, she is a professor at the Department of Microbiology and Biomonitoring at the University of Agriculture in Krakow. Her skills and expertise mainly include environmental bioremediation, heavy metals, environmental pollution, ecotoxicology, oil pollution, biomonitoring, ecological risk assessment, agricultural entomology, and biological control of insect pests.