Susana Alves is an expert in lipid metabolism in ruminants. Alves obtanied her a Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences from ICBAS, University of Porto, in 2011. Her thesis was focused on studying ruminant lipid nutrition and metabolism. Her Ph.D. work was conducted at INIAV-Santarém and included a short stay at Cornell University (USA). She is now a Researcher at the Laboratory of Animal Production Systems of CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Lisbon). Since 2006, Susana has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. She has also published a few book chapters and more than 90 abstracts in conference proceedings. Her research interests are focused on the following topics: ruminant lipid nutrition and metabolism, lipidomics, rumen microbiome, lipid metabolic pathways, bacterial membrane lipids, animal production, and food quality and safety.