Luísa Barreira is an Associate Professor of the Chemistry and Pharmacy Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Algarve, with Habilitation in Biotechnology. She has a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technologies and is currently the co-leader of the MarBiotech group and Principal Investigator for I+D+I of Biotechnological Applications of Marine Organisms. Her work includes the use of microalgae for wastewater treatment and the role of microalgae and other marine organisms (e.g., seaweeds and halophyte plants) as bioproducers of added-value compounds (e.g. phospholipids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, pigments and bioactive natural products) to be used as ingredients for food and feed. She has participated in 24 projects, 16 involving microalgae having been the Principal Investigator of 3 national projects and the institutional coordinator (at CCMAR or UALG) of 4 other projects including the H2020, ALGAE4IBD from Nature to Bedside - Algae Based Bio Compound for Prevention and Treatment of Inflammation, Pain and IBD and the Horizon Europe, RHE-MEDiation, for the bioremediation of pollutants using microalgae, and COSEC - Biogenic CO2 capture into Sustainable Energy Carriers: A novel photosynthetic and hydrogenotrophic CO2 fixation combined with waste nutrient upcycling for production of carbon negative energy carriers. She has supervised 5 PhD students and is currently supervising 6 more. She has more than 100 papers published in peer-reviewed journals with over 5000 citations with a cumulative h-index of 42 (in Scopus).