Carla Susana Correia Pereira has a PhD in Pharmacy and Health from the University of Salamanca, Spain, since February 2016. Her research has been focused on: i) valorisation of wild plants and respective extracts; ii) validation and comparison of the efficacy of herbal preparations used as food supplements; iii) evaluation of the hepatoprotective properties of plants; iv) optimization of extraction methods for high added-value compounds from natural sources by using conventional and innovative techniques; v) development of biobased ingredients for food coloring, preservation, and fortification; vi) analysis of phytochemicals using chromatographic and spectrometric techniques; vii) evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and anti-inflammatory activities; ix) valorization of Montesinho Natural Park mushrooms. She has published more than 90 Scientific Papers in ISI-indexed, peer-reviewed journals and co-authored 4 Book Chapters published by internationally recognized publishers. She has participated in national and international scientific meetings and disseminated her achievements through 84 oral communications, 128 poster communications, and 12 conference proceedings. She was moderator of 4 scientific conference panels. Currently, she is working as Junior Researcher at CIMO, through the institutional scientific employment program-contract of FCT. She is principal investigator of 2 R&D projects financed by FCT and Fundação La Caixa and member of other 15 financed research projects with different typologies: 1 HORIZON EUROPE 2021; 1 FCT; 1 Mobilizer; 3 PRIMA; 2 HORIZON 2020; 1 POCI; 1 POCTEP; 1 Eureka; 1 PRODER; 1 FCT Bilateral cooperation; and 2 Strategic projects. She has teaching experience in chemistry, biochemistry, and related areas and has supervised 7 MSc and 15 BSc students and currently supervises 6 PhD students. She was part of the jury of 2 PhD's thesis, 15 MSc's theses, 3 BSc degree jury, 1 jury for MSc's pitch presentations, 10 juries for the attribution of Project Research Grants, and 5 juries of scientific competitions. She is/was guest editor of 1 Topical Collection (in Antioxidants), 4 Special Issues (2 in Agronomy, 1 in Molecules, and 1 in Food Bioscience), 2 Research Topics (in Frontiers in Nutrition), and 2 Topics (in Antioxidants, BioChem, Biomolecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Scientia Pharmaceutica, Marine Drugs, Plants, and Molecules). She has reviewed 3 international book proposals (2 Elsevier and 1 Springer Nature) and more than 60 research and review articles for various ISI-indexed scientific journals. She is part of the organizing commitee of PharmaForum2024, was part of the organizing committee of the 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (PYCheM), and was part of Support Committees of national and international scientific events.