Ioana Catalina Nicolae

Ioana – Catalina Nicolae is a researcher in the Plant Micropropagation Laboratory within the Research Center for Studies of Food Quality and Agricultural Products at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania. After completing her bachelor’s in horticultural engineering and a master’s in Biodiversity Management and Conservation, she finished her PhD that focused on the use of synthetic seed technology in the conservation of Fragaria x ananassa and Solanum tuberosum. Her research centers on the development of in vitro propagation protocols for horticultural crops, with a particular emphasis on fruit species.