**Meet the editor**

Dr. Isabel Gigli graduated in Veterinary Medicine and received her Doctor of Science degree in Physiology (2001); she conducted her doctoral research training at the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (IByMe), in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Afterward, she completed a three-year postdoctoral training at the University of Cornell, USA. In addition, she worked two years

as a researcher in the Marie Curie Program at the University of Palermo, Italy. Currently, Dr. Gigli is a full-time professor at the School of Agriculture at the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam), Argentina, where she teaches physiology of lactation and milk production. Her primary field of research is mammary gland physiology; she also has expertise in molecular genetics. Dr. Gigli has published two books.
