Maria Antónia Nunes is a Ph.D. student in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Nutrition and Food Science Speciality) at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto. She has a degree in Nursing (2000) and Nutritional Sciences (2007) and an M.Sc. in Consumer Sciences (2012). She has professional training in Environmental Management and Quality Management Systems. Her research activities in food chemistry and nutrition have been developed in the Department of Chemical Sciences of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto. Her research keywords include nutrition, technology, food analysis, food analysis valorisation, and food chemistry.