Marta Vasconcelos (Scientific Committee Advisor)

Deputy Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry at Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Speaker

Marta Vasconcelos holds a degree in Biology (Universidade de Lisboa) and a PhD in Biotechnology (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, International Rice Research Institute). She was an Associate Researcher at the Children´s Nutrition Research Center (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) for 5 years and is now the Deputy Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), Assistant Professor at UCP and a Visiting Researcher at Universidade do Porto. She has a long track record in crop diversification, value chains, plant nutrition, and genetic resources. Currently, she coordinates the H2020 project RADIANT (Realizing Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilized Crops, 2021-2025)