Paula Jorge completed her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2017 (in collaboration with the University of Vigo), her Master's Degree in Bioengineering in 2012, and her Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry in 2010, all by the University of Minho. She is a Contracted Researcher at the Centre of Biological Engineering (University of Minho) through a 6 year contract earned through the highly FCT competitive call "CEEC individual" (individual Contest for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment). She published 18 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 1 article in an international conference, 1 proceeding paper, 1 preprint, 2 book chapters, and 2 registered patents. She organized 17 scientific events, including community outreach events, and participated in 25 events, including international/European conferences and courses/workshops. She supervised/supervises 6 MSc dissertations and mentored/mentors 6 master students and 1 PhD student. She has received 11 awards and/or grants. She is currently co-PI in an exploratory FCT R&D project, and was Principal Investigator (PI) in 1 ESCMID project, Invited Scientist Fellow in 1 project, Research Fellow in 2 projects, and team-member in 9 projects. She is involved in teaching, both practical and theoretical classes. She works in the areas of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Health-Related Biotechnology, and Infectious Diseases. In her professional activities, she interacted with 37 collaborators as co-authors of scientific papers/communications. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Biofilms; Antimicrobial Peptides; Antimicrobial Combinations; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Network Analysis; Text-mining; Polymicrobial Infections.