Prof. Ana Maria Gomes is an Associate Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (ESB-UCP). She is currently a member of the Directive Board of the Research Centre, CBQF, and member of the Ethics Committee of UCP–Porto Regional Centre, and of the Management Board of Integralar—Knowledge division (PortugalFoods), both in the representation of ESB-UCP. She received her degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Coimbra in 1990 and her PhD in Biotechnology (Food Science and Technology) from ESB-UCP in 1999. She has co-authored +320 papers in international journals and has supervised/co-supervised 14 PhD theses. Her research keywords include nutrition, functional foods, probiotics, Bioactive Lipids, microencapsulation, bioactive, marine resources, and vy-product valorization.