Carolina Oliveira de Souza is currently adjunct professor C-2 of the Pharmacy Course at Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), vice-coordinator and permanent professor of the Postgraduate Program in Food Science (PGAli), and professor of the Doctoral Program in Biotechnology Northeast Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO). She received a master’s degree in Science and Technology of Food from Universidade Federal da Bahia. Then she completed her Ph.D. studies in Medicine and Health there in 2016. She is a founder of the startup SuperBugs Alimentos Funcionais, focused on the sustainable production of edible insects. She is the coordinator of the Applied Chromatography Research Laboratory (LAPESCA) and the Biomaterials and Innovation Research Laboratory (LAPBIM) at the Faculty of Pharmacy-UFBA. She has experience in the areas of food science and biotechnology, working mainly on food quality control and the use of waste to obtain bioproducts, biopolymers, and intellectual property.