Cristina L.M. Silva is an Associate Professor at Portuguese Catholic University, College of Biotechnology (ESB). She has a Chemical Engineering degree and Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering, and is involved in research on the quality and safety of processed foods, with special emphasis on mathematical modeling and process optimization. She is a Lecturer of the curricular units of Food Processing and Transport Phenomena. She has coordinated several national and international projects and was president of the association ISEKI-Food. She is currently a member of the advisory committee of the ISEKI-Food Association and chair of the WG1.2 Education Committee of IUFoST, the International Union of Food Science and Technology, and at ESB, she coordinates the Master's degree program on Food Engineering. Cristina is a member of the ESB direction board and responsible for the international relations and third cycle degrees, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Food Processing Engineering, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Food Studies.