Luís Pinto Ferreira is an associate professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department (Industrial Management Section) of ISEP (www.isep.ipp.pt) (Polytechnic of Porto), Porto, Portugal. He earned his PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Vigo (Spain), MSc in Industrial Engineering–Logistics and Distribution from the School of Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal), and bachelor’s degree in Industrial Electronic Engineering from the School of Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal). In both the master's and doctoral studies, simulation was used as a decision-support tool in the production area. He has more than 150 papers published, 12 internationally edited books (Special Issue or Proceedings Published), has supervised more than 100 MSc students, and is currently co-supervising several PhD students, with work in the field of Industrial Engineering and Management, particularly covering the topics of continuous improvement and industrial simulation. He presents an h-index of 35 in Google Scholar (3845 citations) and 25 in the SCOPUS profile (1722 citations). In 2004, he was awarded the APDIO/IO 2004 prize, given by the Operation Research Portuguese Association. He is a member of the External Advisory Board of the European project Bio-Based Digital Twins (BBTwins) (https://bbtwins.eu/), which is developing a digital platform for the optimization of agri-food value chain processes and the supply of quality biomass for bioprocessing.