Eduardo Manuel Costa holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the Catholic Portuguese University and is currently a Senior Researcher in CBQF´s (UCP-Porto) Bioactives and Bioproducts research group. His research interests focus on the area of biomedical applications of bioactive compounds for the development of novel healthcare solutions. He was recently awarded a contract through the Scientific Employment Stimulation Contest – Individual to develop his research project. He has published 72 papers with 1753 citations and an h-index of 23 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).