CRISTIANA GONÇALVES received two merit prizes during her degree (pre-bologna) in Biological Engineering, which concluded with 16 marks in 2006. In 2011, at 28 years, she completed a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Minho. In 2011, while writing her PhD thesis, she taught 'Experimental Sciences’ to primary education classes and gave courses in Work Safety. In 2012, in the LSRE / FEUP, she returned to research in an industrial environment in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. In 2013, she started a post-doctoral fellowship at 3Bs Research, collaborating with the company Stemmatters in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, emphasizing Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. In 2014, she obtained an FCT Post-Doctoral grant, and in February 2019, she started a research contract. During the research carried out, she published 32 articles in specialized journals, 8 sections of books, and 3 international patents, resulting in an h-index of 16 (Web of Science). She has also received 3 awards and/or honours, performed 35 verified peer reviews (20 in the last 12 months), organized 4 scientific events, been involved in the elaboration of 2 international projects (M-ERA-NET), and was a jury member (main arguer) of 6 master's dissertations while supervising several researchers, including the mentorship and co-supervision of 2 PhD thesis(es).