ISABEL SÁ-CORREIA is a Distinguished Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and Emerita Professor at University of Lisbon (ULisboa) in the area of Biological Sciences which she founded at IST and coordinated until her retirement. Graduated in Chemical Engineering (IST, 1975), her training and activity evolved into Biological Sciences. With a PhD in Yeast Physiology, as Fulbright Scholar, she carried out post-doctoral studies (Bacterial Molecular Biology) at the Univ. Illinois at Chicago, Medical Center. She was a member of the ULisboa General Council and of IST Scientific Council and she is member of IST Ethics Committee. She coordinated the Biotechnology and Biosciences PhD program and several master’s degrees at IST. Her research activities are in the areas of Molecular and Cellular Microbiology, Functional and Comparative Genomics, and Microbial Diversity, with an impact on Microbial Biotechnology and Human Health. She is included in the lists (Stanford Univ.) of the most cited scientists throughout their careers. She was mentor to 18 researchers with PhD and main supervisor of 35 PhD and 65 master’s theses. She was President of the Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM) and FEMS (Federation of the Euro(Federation of the European Microbiology Societies) Council member (2009-2020). Co-founder of the International Microorganism Day in Portugal, she led its internationalization. She was a member of the National Education Council.