Ricardo Nuno Pereira graduated in Food Engineering in 2003 from the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal. He obtained an M.Sc. in Biotechnology/Bioprocess in 2007 and finished his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2011, both from the School of Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. His main research interests are ohmic heating and the fundamental study of the effects of electric fields on (bio)molecules and biotechnological applications. He was recognized as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2023 by Stanford University and the Elsevier Group. Currently, he is an Assistant Researcher at the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB) at the University of Minho and serves as the Executive Coordinator AgriFood Systems Group at the Conference of Rectors of the Universities of the European South West (CRUSOE).