Lígia Salgueiro completed her degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1986 and her PhD in Pharmacy, specialty Pharmacognosy, and Phytochemistry in 1995, both at the Universidade of Coimbra, Portugal. She has been a Full Professor of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra since 2008 and a Senior Researcher of the Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products Research Centre. She participated, as Principal investigator or Researcher, in 27 projects. She participated in several scientific communities, being journal associate editor in several international journals, project/grant evaluations, and organizing conferences. Her area of expertise is in the Biology and Chemistry of Natural Products, particularly Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.