Inês M. Valente graduated in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto in 2007 and completed her MSc in Chemistry in the same institution in 2008. In 2014, she has completed a PhD degree in Sustainable Chemistry from both the University of Porto and the New University of Lisbon. From 2014 to 2019, Inês was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (REQUIMTE/LAQV). From 2019 to 2025, she was a researcher at REQUIMTE/LAQV, under the Scientific Employment Stimulus of FCT. Inês specializes in Analytical Chemistry, with a focus on chromatographic metabolomic characterization applied to phytochemistry and animal nutrition. She has co-authored a patent and published 52 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, achieving an h-index of 21). Notably, 16 of these publications were in the last five years. Additionally, she has contributed to three book chapters and frequently presents her research at national and international conferences. Inês has supervised and co-supervised BSc and MSc students and has been supervising a PhD student in the FCT program in Industry Setting "Sustainable Animal Nutrition and Feeding" (SANFEED) at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, since 2018. She collaborates with various national and international research groups and has been a team member on several R&D projects, including those led by industrial partners. Her current research interests include the metabolomic analysis of plant and animal matrices.