Fátima P. Machado is a biochemist with a Master’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. She worked as a research fellow and senior technician on the PT-OPENSCREEN project (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-085468) at CIIMAR, University of Porto, focusing on the isolation, purification, and structural elucidation of secondary metabolites from marine-derived fungi. Since October 2023, she has been working as an environmental laboratory analyst technician and, from January 2025, as Technical Reference in Microbiology at Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal. She has published her research in international journals, including Marine Drugs and Phytochemistry.