Ana Álvares Ribeiro Marques de Aguiar holds a Ph.D. in Agronomic Engineering in 2002 from ISA (University of Lisbon). She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Porto (Portugal). Up to 2016, she was a researcher in REQUIMTE (Research Centre for Green Chemistry). She participated in several works that required knowledge of agronomy and chemistry including pesticide residues in crops and chemicals dissemination in water and soils. From 2017 onwards she has been part of the GreenUPorto Research Centre. This Centre stands for sustainable agriculture and food production. She has been focused on plant protection research (risk assessment, biological control, new IPM strategies) and is currently integrated into the EFSA project: "Biology of xylem-sap feeding insect vectors and potential vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in Portugal" GP/EFSA/ALPHA/2021/07-D22/204192.