Dr. Maria Gema Pereira Caro is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality Area, Andalusian Institute for Agricultural, Fishing, Food and Organic Production Research and Training, IFAPA Alameda del Obispo. She graduated in Chemistry from the University of Jaén (2000-2004), and obtained a Master’s degree in Olive Farming and Elaiotecnia at the University of Jaén. She was the beneficiary of a scholarship to carry out her doctoral thesis (INIA Scholarship) at IFAPA-Centro Venta del Llano (2006-2010) and she received her doctorate in 2011 from the Complutense University of Madrid. In addition, she was also awarded a postdoctoral scholarship from the Alfonso Martín Escudero Foundation, and was the beneficiary of a doctorate contract at IFAPA (2014-2017), a contract with the Juan de la Cierva-Incorporation Program at IFAPA (2017-2019), and a postdoctoral contract to attract research talent from the Board of Andalusia (Emergia 2020 Program). Her line of research focuses on the characterization of bioactive components in foods and the evaluation of their bioavailability and bioactivity both in in vitro models using cell cultures, in experimental animals, and in clinical trials.