Prof. Dr. Adriana Cristina de Oliveira Silva has been an Associate Professor at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) since 2006, working in the disciplines of Inspection of Milk and Dairy Products and Technology of Milk and Dairy Products. She also is the MTA Monitoring Coordinator and Coordinator of the Viva Leite Extension Project. She has a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (2000), a master's degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2003), and a doctorate from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (2009). She has experience in veterinary medicine, emphasizing fraud in fluid milk and the development of new products based on fermented milk.