Etelvina Figueira is an assistant professor at the University of Aveiro, with a PhD in Biology (2000) and a Degree in Biology (1987). Presently, she is responsible for 4 courses of Biology and Biotecnology BSc programs: Biochemistry and Metabolism, Biochemistry and Metabolism II, Enzymology and Plant Physiology. Her management activity includes vice-directory of the Doctoral Program in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes, Biotechnology Bachelor, Biotechnology Master, Applied Biology Master degrees, and Coordinator of the mobility program Erasmus in the Biology Department. She is the leader of the Rhizolab Laboratory and an integrated member of the associate laboratory CESAM. She is PI and participated or participates in FCT, LIFE, Interreg, and CRUP projects. She is the author or co-author of 164 articles (Scopus), 7 book chapters, an h-index of 40 (Scopus), and an i10-index of 132 (Google Scholar). Her supervision activity includes around 60 postgraduate students (postdoc, doctoral, and masters) and nearly 100 undergraduate students (end-of-course and internship work), some of them in partnership with international institutions. Her domains of specialization include plant microbe and microbe–microbe interactions, plant growth promotion by bacteria including volatile promotion, plant nutrition, Biochemistry, Metabolomics, Biotechnology, Toxicology, Microbiology, and Abiotic (temperature, drought, and salinity) and biotic stresses (biocontrol of fungal infections in plants).