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B. N. Estevinho (SCOPUS ID: 14423941700) is currently Assistant Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She graduated in Chemical Engineering (2003), with a master in Environmental Engineering (2005) and a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2010), at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She was a postdoctoral researcher at LEPABE-FEUP (Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy) and IBMC (Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology), developing her research focused on enzymatic mechanisms and microencapsulation of enzymes. Since 2014, She is Integrated Member at LEPABE, being a leading researcher in the field of microencapsulation, namely using physical microencapsulation methodologies such as spray drying and electrohydrodynamic techniques, for food and therapeutic applications. Her research focus in 3 main fields of microencapsulation: vitamins and their derivates, namely retinoic acid applied in the treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, enzymes and peptides and natural antioxidants. She participated in several projects, and She has numerous national and international collaborations (Spain, France, Germany, Brazil, Romania, Iran and Thailand). She has more than 87 publications on Scopus, that have been cited over 3850 times, having an h-index of 34.

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B. N. Estevinho (SCOPUS ID: 14423941700) is currently Assistant Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She graduated in Chemical Engineering (2003), with a master in Environmental Engineering (2005) and a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2010), at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She was a postdoctoral researcher at LEPABE-FEUP (Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy) and IBMC (Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology), developing her research focused on enzymatic mechanisms and microencapsulation of enzymes. Since 2014, She is Integrated Member at LEPABE, being a leading researcher in the field of microencapsulation, namely using physical microencapsulation methodologies such as spray drying and electrohydrodynamic techniques, for food and therapeutic applications. Her research focus in 3 main fields of microencapsulation: vitamins and their derivates, namely retinoic acid applied in the treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, enzymes and peptides and natural antioxidants. She participated in several projects, and She has numerous national and international collaborations (Spain, France, Germany, Brazil, Romania, Iran and Thailand). She has more than 87 publications on Scopus, that have been cited over 3850 times, having an h-index of 34. She was invited reviewer of different international funds programs (France, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, Argentina and Poland), member of the scientific committee Editor and guest editor of several special Issues and Journals. She received several Scientific Recognition Awards. In 2022 and 2023, She belonged to the List of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists - Stanford University”.

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Filomena Barreiro (Scopus Author ID: 57218611679, h-index 51) is currently Coordinator Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and member of the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO, http://cimo.ipb.pt/web/), where she assumes the role of Vice-Coordinator. Her main research interests include synthesis of materials from renewable resources (e.g., lignin-based materials), polyurethane chemistry (e.g., polyurethane water dispersions), biobased products (natural and functional ingredients and materials), micro/nanoencapsulation and emulsion technology (e.g., Pickering emulsions), applied to different industrial fields (textile, cosmetic, leather, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and food and packaging industry). More information can be obtained in https://www.cienciavitae.pt/3418-47D5-5746

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Francisca Rodrigues is an Assistant Researcher at Faculty of Pharmacy-University of Porto (FFUP) under a Tenure position. She graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences at FFUP and finished a MSc in Quality Control. Then, she was awarded by FCT with a PhD scholarship (2012) and in 2016 she finished her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Between 2016-2018 she was a Postdoc Researcher at REQUIMTE/LAQV-FFUP. In 2017, she founded Incosphar Consulting Services, a cosmetic/pharmaceutical regulatory company. Then, she moved to REQUIMTE/LAQV-ISEP (2019) as independent researcher and started a new research line focused on the valorisation of agro-industrial wastes for cosmetic/nutraceutical/pharmaceutics. In 2020, FR obtained the Junior Scientific Employment Contract in the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus and, in 2023, she achieved the Assistant Scientific Employment Contract. Recently, she became a Tenure Assistant Researcher at FFUP. Her research is focused on the study of new ingredients obtained from food by-products, by green extraction techniques, with skin aging, chronic diseases, and cancer interest. She is expert on new ingredients validation through in-vitro, ex-vivo and in-vivo assays as well as correlations in-vitro/in-vivo. She is editor of 8 international journals and guest editor of 8 special issues. She acted as referee for top-ranked journals in her area of expertise and was invited by international funding agencies as expert for projects evaluation. During her research path, FR made short-term research missions to different international laboratories. Additionally, FR has been in the organization of international/national conferences, scientific seminars, courses and has been member of several PhD, MSc, and BSc juries. FR is team member of the Food Waste Recovery Group and is enrolled in different societies, such as Controlled Release Society, where she is Vice-chair of the Consumer & Diversified Products Division. Besides that, she is mum of 3 children.