Prof. Dr. María José Ruiz works at Toxicology Lab at the University of Valencia (UV). She has been team leader of the research group “Mechanistic toxicology of chemical substances by applying in vitro methods” at UV since 2002. She is the Academic Coordinator of the Masters in Food Quality and Safety at UV. She is a European Registered Toxicologist (ERT). She has participated in about 20 research projects (international, national, and regional). She completed her training at the Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology of the Institut Pasteur of Lille (France), the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Nursing of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of León, the Department of Environmental Molecular Toxicology of the Institute of Aquaculture of the University of Stirling in Scotland (UK), and the School of Life Sciences of the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná in Brazil. Her main research lines are focused on the development of alternative methods for determining the toxic effects of organic contaminants and their metabolites, as well as the evaluation of food safety and quality. She is the President of AETOX.Previously, she held several leadership positions within AETOX and served as Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at UV (2015–2021). She also served as a member of the Scientific Committee on Food Safety and Nutrition of AESAN (2017–2022). She serves on the Editorial Boards of several toxicology scientific journals.