Prof. Nirit Bernstein is a principal research scientist, Head of the Cannabis Physiology and Agronomy Lab, at Volcani Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel. Her research focuses on cannabis physiology, and development of cultivation techniques for Cannabis sativa. She has a Ph.D in Plant Physiology from the University of California, Davis USA, and a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Nirit is an associate editor of 'Journal of Cannabis research', and of the Journal ‘Crop Science’, a member of editorial boards of 8 international scientific journals, and she published more than 120 peer reviewed manuscripts, invited reviews and book chapters. She is the Chair of the ‘Hemp-Cannabis’ Group of the ‘American Society of Horticultural Sciences” (ASHS); past Chair of the Crops for Nutrition and Health division of Crop Science Society of America (CSSA); and co-Chair of the Institute of Cannabis research of University of Colorado, Pueblo, Hemp growers association. She teaches four graduate courses on ‘Medical Cannabis’ and ‘Mineral Nutrition’. In recognition of her international impact and leadership in cannabis research, she has recently won 5 awards: The ‘ElSohly Award’ for excellence in cannabis chemistry, by the American Chemical Society (ACS)-cannabis subdivision, 2022; the ‘International Agronomy award’ by the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), 2022; the ‘Groundbreaking Women in Agriculture Award’ from the National Agricultural Council of Israel, 2019; the ‘Roaring-Lion Award’ from the Association of Public Relations of Israel, 2019; and she was honored, amongst the 11 most influential woman in the cannabis arena in Israel, 2022: by Keshet International. Prof. Bernstein specializes in regulation of plant-derived pharmaceuticals in medicinal plants by manipulation of environmental and agronomic treatments; optimization of agrotechniques for environmentally stressed plants; mineral nutrition of plants, and plant stress physiology.