Disney Ribeiro Dias is an Associate Professor of Food Microbiology at the Department of Food Science, Federal University of Lavras. He graduated in Pharmacy from the Federal University of Alfenas (1998) and received his Master’s in Food Science from the Federal University of Lavras (2001) and PhD in Food Science from the same institution (2007). He was a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the PrInt/CAPES program (2019–2020), working in the laboratory coordinated by Prof. Anthony J. Sinskey. His expertise lies in Microbiology, with a focus on Industrial and Fermentation Microbiology, particularly in fermentation biotechnology and products of microbial metabolism.