Prof. Dr. Roberta Claro da Silva has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses as an Assistant Professor at North Carolina A&T State University since 2018. She has a BSc Degree in Animal Science from Sao Paulo State University, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. from Sao Paulo University. Her research agenda includes lipid science and technology, sensory evaluation, and physical properties of foods. Her research focuses on developing alternatives to replace saturated and trans fats in food products to improve consumers' health. She has also conducted considerable research on understanding human milk fat's chemical aspects and lipid alternatives as ingredients of substitutes for human milk fat.