Eduardo V. Soares (EVS) is Coordinator Professor with Habilitation at ISEP-Polytechnic Institute of Porto and Researcher at Centre of Biological Engineering, Minho University. EVS is graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Porto University (UP), Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences - Microbiology by Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS-UP) and obtained the Habilitation in Chemical and Biological Engineering by Minho University. Main current research activities include: aquatic ecotoxicology; effect of environmental contaminants (emerging organic pollutants, heavy metals, and engineered nanomaterials) on yeast and algae physiology; antimicrobial activity evaluation; mode of action of pollutants; development and application of bioassays to assess aquatic pollution; oxidative stress; development of bio-based solutions for sustainable agriculture, namely, biological production of siderophores; brewing yeast physiology. EVS participated on evaluation panels of International Scientific Agencies, is reviewer in ISI Journals, and is currently Associate Editor of the journals: Toxics, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Scientifica. Since 2020 (until the present), the successive studies published in the journal PLOS Biology and by Elsevier, included his name in the list of the "World's Top 2% Scientists", from Stanford University.