Clara Sousa has a degree in Chemistry (2001) and in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2009), a Master degree in Chemistry (2004) and in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2011) and a PhD in Chemistry (2008). She is an auxiliary researcher at Portuguese Catholic University-Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (UCP-CBQF). Clara Sousa published 52 original papers and 4 reviews in international journals, with over 820 citations and H-index of 18. She has also edited 1 book, contributed with 3 book chapters and presented her works in 60 national and international conferences. Clara Sousa was the principal investigator of 2 research projects (1 from FCT and 1 from Rectory of Porto University) and participated in 4 as a team member (2 from FCT and 2 from European Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases). She was the main supervisor of 1 Post-doctoral fellow and 1 Master student and co-supervisor of 1 post-doctoral fellow, 3 PhD and 2 Master students. Currently, she is a team member of a Portuguese Governmental Recovery and Resilience Plan named Sustainable Bioeconomy (funded by the Portuguese Government), a consortium mobilizing 54 partners between academia and industry in a total of 138M¿ (CS personal budget: 112k¿). She is also team member of 3 FCT funded projects (total budget of 600k¿) and 1 EU funded project (budget 4.9M¿). CS currently supervises a PhD student and one scientific initiation student. She is the coordinator of the Biofase programme (experimental activities for undergraduate students at Univ) and co-coordinator of a Task Force named Scientific Engagement (dedicated to scientific dissemination and outreaching activities). CS is also invited assistant Professor at UCP- tutorial classes of three disciplines (1-Waves and Electromagnetism; 2-Foundations of Programing and 3-General Chemistry from the 3rd year and 1st years, respectively, of the Bioengineering graduation course). She additionally collaborates in tow more disciplines (Good Laboratorial Practices and Biotechnology Topics) shared with other Professors. She is the invited editor of two Special Issue at Foods and belongs to the Editorial Board of Plos One journal and of Foods journal. CS acts as COST Actions External Expert Evaluator (Open Call OC-2020-1) and of proposals submitted to Poland National Science Centre. In his Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms used are Infrared spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Biomarkers; Chemometrics; Bacterial typing; Biological activity; Metabolomics; Bacteria.