Ana Luísa Ferreira Faustino is a researcher at the Center for Agricultural and Agri-Food Biotechnology of Alentejo (CEBAL) and a collaborating member of MED – University of Évora. Since 2022, she has been a PhD fellow in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Évora, conducting research in plant biotechnology and genomics applied to Mediterranean crops. She is the author/co-author of several scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings and has contributed to more than 20 scientific communications. She has been involved in national and international research projects, including an FCT doctoral fellowship, focusing on fungal communities, genetic tolerance, and biocontrol strategies in almond cultivation.