Paula B. Andrade is a full professor and head of the Laboratory of Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (FFUP). She is an integrated member of the Associated Laboratory REQUIMTE and the head of the Natural Products Chemistry and Bioactivity group. Her research has been focused on the development and application of chemical and instrumental methods for the study of natural matrices and on the chemical and pharmacological characteristics of natural and hemi-synthetic bioactive compounds in the context of drug discovery in the fields of cancer, diabetes, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. She is a European Commission expert, having 23 multidisciplinary projects under the 7th Framework Program: EU 7th Framework Program for Research (FP7-KBBE-2007-2A, FP7-KBBE-2008-2B calls), and 1 ERC Advanced Grant 2016 research project call. Her expertise is evidenced in more than 30 book chapters and more than 380 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals (h-index 66).