Dr. Márcia Braz is an R&D Scientist at ALS – Life Sciences, in Tondela, Portugal, working with bacteriophages. She holds a PhD in Biology (Microbiology) from the University of Aveiro (2025), supported by an FCT grant, where she defended her thesis on the use of free and incorporated bacteriophages as biocontrol agents against foodborne bacteria with distinction and merit. She also completed a Master’s degree in Microbiology at the University of Aveiro (2019), graduating with distinction; her thesis on the photoinactivation of MRSA received an excellent classification (19/20). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Beira Interior (2017), with a certificate of merit. Márcia has authored several scientific publications in international journals and actively participated in national and international conferences. Her expertise includes applied microbiology, food microbiology, bacteriophage biocontrol, and medical and health sciences. She was awarded two attendance grants to attend international conferences: the ESP-IUPB World Congress (Barcelona, 2019), by the European Society for Photobiology, and the Viruses of Microbes conference (Tbilisi, 2023), by the International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms. She also received an Honorable Mention at the UC Life Sciences Awards by the University of Coimbra for one of her research articles.