Miguel CerqueiraDr. Miguel Cerqueira holds a Ph.D. degree in Biological Engineering from the University of Minho (UMinho), Portugal. His Ph.D. thesis was awarded for the best Ph.D. Thesis by the School of Engineering of UMinho, which was focused on edible coatings ad films for dairy products. In 2011, he started as a Postdoctoral Researcher focused on the development and characterization of bio-based nanostructures for food applications, where he gained expertise on biodegradable films and coatings for food packaging, encapsulation of functional compounds using emergent encapsulation technologies, and on the development and characterization of emulgels and oleogels for functional foods. In 2016, he joined the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory to work in the Food Processing and Nutrition group. Dr. Cerqueira has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 20 book chapters, one patent, and is editor of 3 books. He has supervised more than 15 Ph.D. and MSc students. Since 2010, he has been involved in several entrepreneurship programs and, in 2013, co-founded a company. In 2014 he won the Young Scientist Award organized by the International Union of Food Science and Technology. In 2018 he joined the list of "Highly Cited Researchers" presented by Clarivate Analytics. Read More Read Less