Artur Cavaco-Paulo has an academic background in Chemistry and Enzymology applied to textiles for over 35 years, where the last 20 have also been dedicated to Biotechnology applied to the cosmetics and pharmaceutical fields. As Associate Professor with Habilitation of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (UMinho), he has supervised 35 PostDoc researchers and +50 doctoral students. He is the leader of the Bioprocess and Bionanotechnology Research Group (BBRG) group at the Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. Cavaco-Paulo published ca. 412 documents (h-index 64; Scopus data), covering research in the fields of nano and microformulations for pharmacological and cosmetic applications, fibres and polymers bioprocesses for industry, biocatalysis/enzymology, mechanisms of hair colour and shape modulation, and molecular dynamics simulations of biological interfaces, among other fields of bioengineering and nanotechnology. As Principal Investigator in the Academia, he has participated in 21 funded projects and coordinated 2 European consortia. He is the co-inventor of +40 published patent applications, of which 6 are granted. Artur’s extensive experience in the development of research and consulting activities in the fields of enzymatic processes and nanotechnology encouraged him to found Solfarcos as a spin-off company of UMinho, aiming at developing biotechnology-based solutions for cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations.