Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva is the head of the Biological Research and Food Safety Lab, Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, National Research University (TIAME). She received her PhD in agricultural sciences from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. She pioneered research on the soil and plant microbiome. Her remarkable contributions to science in the field of microbiology received the UNESCO-Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (2023), SCOPUS-2019 Regional Award. “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013). L’OREAL-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science (2006), UNESCO-Man and Biosphere (MAB) Award (2005). She is a fellow of the Global Young Academy (GYA), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS). She is co-editor of the Environmental Sustainability Journal (Springer) and serves on the editorial board of several professional journals including BMC Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Plants (MDPI). She authored/co-authored over 200 research articles and edited 8 books published by Springer and Elsevier.