Diana Matos currently works as a researcher at Tecniferti. She is completing her PhD in Biology at the University of Aveiro. She obtained her Master's degree in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology from the University of Aveiro in 2019 and her Bachelor's degree in Biology from the same institution in 2017. She has published 16 scientific articles and has an h-index of 5 (Scopus). She was a member of the MIRACLE project and has served as a reviewer for three scientific journals, including Current Research in Microbial Sciences, Cereal Research Communications, and Journal of Applied Phycology. She is a member of the Scientific Society SEFIN and of the Portuguese Biochemical Society. She has presented her work at 8 national and international conferences. Throughout her professional career, she has collaborated with 61 co-authors on scientific publications. Her research interests include 1) increased tolerance of plants to biotic (biocontrol of fungal infections in crops) and abiotic (temperature, drought, metals) stresses; 2) biocontrol agents and its application as bioinoculants; 3) biochemical and metabolomics approaches in fungi, bacteria and plants, subjected to stresses; 2) plant growth promotion. The 5 most relevant published papers include: 1) Matos, D.; Cardoso, P.; Almeida, S.; Figueira, E. Challenges in maize production: A review on late wilt disease control strategies. (2024). Fungal Biology Reviews. 50, 1003962, DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2024.100396; 2) Matos, D.; Sá, C.; Cardoso, P.; Pires, A.; Rocha S.M.; Figueira, E. The role of volatiles in Rhizobium tolerance to cadmium: Effects of aldehydes and alcohols on growth and biochemical endpoints. (2019). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. (186) 109759, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109759; 3) Figueira, E.; Matos, D.; Cardoso, P.; Pires, A.; Fernandes, C.; Tauler, R.; Bedia, C. A Biochemical and Lipidomic Approach to Perceive Halimione portulacoides (L.) Response to Mercury: An Environmental Perspective. (2023). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 186, 114393. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114393; 4) Matos, D.; Sá, C.; Cardoso, P.; Pires, A.; Figueira, E. Rhizobium Sensing of Airborne Saturated Aldehydes of Different Sizes Modulates the Response to Cd Exposure (2020). J. Hazard. Mater. 395, 122629. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122629: 5) Sá, C.; Matos, D.; Cardoso, P.; Figueira, E. Do Volatiles Affect Bacteria and Plants in the Same Way? Growth and Biochemical Response of Non-Stressed and Cd-Stressed Arabidopsis Thaliana and Rhizobium E20-8 (2022). Antioxidants. 11, 2303. DOI: 10.3390/antiox11112303.