Dr. Ricardo C. Calhelha is an Assistant Researcher at the Mountain Research Center (CIMO-IPB) and has a degree in Biotechnological Engineering obtained at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança in 2003. After completing his PhD in Sciences, specialising in Chemistry ( 2010), in which he dedicated himself to the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds with potential biological activity, he focused his research on the culture of animal cells. At the Mountain Research Center (CIMO), he has implemented several techniques using animal cell culture. His work was innovative at this institution, where he supervised the implantation of the animal cell culture laboratory and all the equipment in it. It should be noted that most of the projects are collaborations between CIMO and enterprises of the agrifood sector. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Molecules journal, a high impact factor (3.267) journal in the field of his main interests. He was involved in the organization of the first animal cell culture workshop (2012), which has been repeated annually.  In addition, he accompanied several doctoral, master's, undergraduate, and technological specialization students at the animal cell culture laboratory, where they developed part of their thesis works. He also acts as a referee, reviewing several manuscripts for high-impact factor journals. Finally, he is also responsible for teaching several degree and master courses related to biological activities and bioassays.