Eduardo Mendes Ramos is a Full Professor at the Department of Food Science, Lavras Federal University (DCA/UFLA). He completed his Master's (2000) and PhD (2004) studies in food science and technology at the Viçosa Federal University (UFV). He worked as a visiting professor at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB) from 2004 to 2006. He is a Permanent Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Food Science (PPGCA) at UFLA and in the Master's and Professional Doctorate Program in Food Science and Technology at the Federal Institute of Southeast Minas Gerais (IF Sudeste MG), Rio Pomba campus. He was an Assistant Coordinator of the PPGCA/UFLA from 2013 to 2020. He has experience in food science and technology, with an emphasis on animal product technology, working mainly on the following topics: meat quality, meat and derivatives processing and analysis, meat science and technology, and food safety.