Jorge M. S. Faria (1983) has a PhD in Biology, with specialization in Biotechnology obtained summa cum laude in 2015, at the University of Lisbon. He has developed a consistent research line focused on the biochemical and physiological analysis of crop biotic and abiotic stress, aimed at the improvement of sustainable practices in forestry and agriculture. In forestry, he focus on screening highly active phytochemicals against forest tree parasitic nematodes, establishing in vitro co-cultures as innovative biotechnological tools to study phytoparasitic nematode infection biology, and the metabolomic and transcriptomic understanding of the mode of action of these active phytochemicals. In the field of agriculture, he focus on developing sustainable approaches to design management strategies against plant parasitic nematodes and to improve crop productivity under soil acidity, drought and heavy metal stress.