Luísa Barreira is an Associate Professor of the Chemistry and Pharmacy Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Algarve. She has a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technologies and is currently a senior researcher in MarBiotech for I+D+I of Biotechnological Applications of Marine Organisms, from the production of biofuels and other bioproducts (e.g. phospholipids, polyunsaturated fatty acids) from microalgae to the search of natural products with biological activities (antioxidant, anti-tumoural, anti-diabetic, anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory and anti-parasitic) in marine organisms (e.g. microalgae, seaweeds, seagrasses, halophyte plants and invertebrates). She is currently supervising 3 PhD students, having published more than 80 papers with more than 2500 citations.