Edite Teixeira -Lemos received her PharmD from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Coimbra, her MSc in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Poitiers, France, and her PhD in Health Sciences —Biomedical Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Moreover, she obtained a mention in Specialist Nutrition and Food Analysis from the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. After 10 years working in the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu as a professor responsible for scientific areas of food chemistry, food analysis, nutrition, and biotoxicology, and head of the Department, she rose to the position of senior professor in February 1999. She is currently a senior Professor and integrated researcher of the CI&DETS Research Centre. She holds several positions, including Head of the Department and Director of Master's and Postgraduate courses in the Food Industries Department at the Agrarian School of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal. President of the Scientific Board of the Agrarian School of Viseu (2014-2018). Vice-President of the Bioethics Committee of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu ( 2020-2024).