PhD. in Environmental Agrobiology from the University of the Basque Country – Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV-EHU). With more than 15 years of experience in issues related to the sustainability of the Food Industry, Saioa currently works as a senior researcher in the Efficient and Sustainable Process Department of ​​AZTI-BRTA. Her work focuses on carrying out environmental assessment of food products and processes using Life Cycle Analysis and Product Environmental Footprint methodologies, with the final aim of implementing environmental improvement strategies on the food value chain. In addition, she is working on different projects to develop prototypes and multi-criteria software tools for the implementation, calculation, verification and effective communication of the environmental footprint of food products.