Lillian Barros is an assistant researcher and Vice-coordinator of CIMO. She has published more than 400 scientific documents, including research articles, reviews and editorials, within the highest impact factor journals in the Food Science and Technology field (51 h-index). Her scientific production has been very relevant and has reached top positions in the world rankings (Highly Cited Researcher in 2016, 2017 and 2018 Clarivate). She is associate editor for Food & Function, edited 3 books and has written 8 book chapters. She has registered 8 national patents and 1 international patent. L.B has several international collaborations and she is PI and member of several financed research projects with different typologies. She has supervised several pos-doc, PhD, Master and Bachelor L.B has been member of organizing committees of scientific conferences, presented invited lectures in international and national conferences, and has >720 oral/poster communications, including papers in conference proceedings. She has served as an international expert evaluator for different programs and projects.