Maria Kosma finished her undergraduate studies in Agricultural Biotechnology from Agricultural University of Athens and her postgraduate studies in Food Quality and Chemistry of Natural Products from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (M.A.I.Ch.). During her master’s studies, she specialized in physicochemical analysis of honey and she gained laboratory experience as chemical analyst in terms of quality, authenticity and safety aspects of local honey and olive oil products. In addition, she worked as a biotechnologist at Horticultural Genetics & Biotechnology department of M.A.I.Ch., where she carried out molecular biotechnology techniques in horticultural crops. She, also, participated in various research projects, a H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 (BeFOre), who had the chance to work in public institutes of Italy and Spain, an ERASMUS+ (ASKFOOD), a start-up project (SUBERBO) funded by RESTART 2016-2020 (Cyprus Foundation of Research and Innovation), an AgROBOfood Project H2020 (04-06/2021-Cyprus) and a H2020-MSCA-RISE Project (FRIETS – 101007783).

In Cyprus, she worked as a chemical analyst in a private laboratory, conducting hygiene testing in food, water and waste products. She is, currently, a PhD candidate in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science at Cyprus University of Technology. In parallel, she is a cofounder of a Berry Farm “Mountain Berries Pitsilia”, as well as an agricultural start-up company “M.N. Bioagrotiki ltd”.