Carmen Isabel Leal Soares is Full Professor of Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra. In that same institution, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Classical and Portuguese Languages and Literatures in 1993 and her master’s in Classical Studies in 1996. She obtained her PhD in Greek Literature in 2001, and completed her Habilitation (“Agregação”) in Classical Studies - Ancient World in 2013. Her research, teaching and publications primarily focus on Classical Cultures, Literatures and Languages, the History of Ancient Greece and the History of Classical and Portuguese Food and Dietetics. She is particularly interested in the works of authors such as Herodotus, Homer, Hippocrates, Euripides, Plato, Archestratus and Plutarch. She serves as the Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra (https://www.uc.pt/en/cech), overseeing various research projects. As Principal Investigator (PI), she leads the General Project on Classical and Humanistic Studies - Culture and Heritage, as well as the Secondary Project DIAITA Heritage: Food, Environment and Well-being. She also holds the position of Chair of the Research Committee of the European Institute for the History and Cultures of Food (IEHCA) in Tours, France. Additionally, she serves as a board member of the Iberian Society of Greek Philosophy. Furthermore, she directs the PhD programme in Food Heritage and serves as Vice-Director of the PhD programme in Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra. She also serves as the Chief Editor of the DIAITA: Scripta & Realia series and of the journal DIAITA: Food&Heritage, both published by Coimbra University Press. Her extensive publication record includes over a hundred and fifty studies, comprising books, book chapters, and articles. Additionally, she has delivered around 130 oral presentations, including several as a keynote speaker at international conferences. In the realm of academic supervision, she has overseen and is overseeing the completion of 15 master's theses 14 doctoral theses, along with mentoring two post-doctoral work scholars. She has also played key roles as chair and invited examiner in various academic examinations, including 46 master's and 19 doctoral defenses.