Soraia Santos (SS) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Genetics and Biotechnology (2020) and recently a Master in Food Engineering (2023) from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD). She was awarded with a Merit scholarship for her academic performance by UTAD, according to Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior. Her MSc's dissertation was recognised by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations) and the Portuguese Media (“Jornal Público” and “Agência Lusa”). SS has published one scientific article as first author in an indexed international journal, and she has also participated in national and international congresses, with oral and poster communications. She was invited to present Vespa velutina concerns and control in Confederação Nacional de Agricultura for an invasive species webinar and also participated as an invited speaker on “Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia”. She received an award for the best poster communication and an Honorable Mention Poster in an International congress (Dare2Change). SS was also a member of the organising committee of an international congress for 2 consecutive years. In 2022, SS was a young collaborating researcher from the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) and from the Associate Laboratory Inov4Agro - Institute for innovation, capacity building and sustainability of agri-food production, where she was working in a scientific initiation fellow of a project promoted by CITAB for honey characterization and valorisation financed by FCT (BI/UTAD/11/2021) and after as a research fellow in another project: “cLabel +: Innovative natural, nutritious, and consumer-oriented “clean label” foods”, financed by the FEDER, and promoted by a consortium led by Sumol + Compal, bringing together a total of 20 entities (12 non-corporate entities and 8 of the highest companies of the food industry in Portugal), including Mendes Gonçalves, Viera de Castro, Frulact, among others. SS was a Researcher Fellow in at The Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for People & the Planet (CFE), Bee Ecology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory - B-Team, in University of Coimbra, with the project "CONTROLVESPA - Desenvolvimento de estratégias para CONTROLar a invasão de Vespa velutina", which aimed to control the Asian hornet, the top predator of honeybees. Currently, SS still collaborates with B-Team in ecotoxicology tests, Vespa velutina activities, and nectar and pollen production analysis of various species of beekeeping interest. Through this institution, she has been participating in science dissemination with oral communications in schools for students (4-13 years old), presenting how honeybees are important for pollination, their products, etc., and workshops with natural bee’s wax. SS is also a COST-action member (CA22105), BEekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the SAFEty of BEEs and HONEY (BeSafeBeeHoney). She has been developing her work in Agrarian Sciences, Agro-Environmental Science, Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics areas with emphasis on honeybees, including bee health (pests), practices/managements and hive products for more sustainable solutions and their valorisation.