Narcisa Bandarra holds habilitation in Ocean Sciences by Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon and PhD in Biotechnology by Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon. She is Coordinating Research and Head of Aquaculture, Upgrading and Bioprospecting Division from Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. IPMA), she has more than thirtyyears of scientific work in the area of upgrading of fishery and aquaculture products with special focus on biochemical and nutritional value of fishery and aquaculture products, seeking their importance for health and wellbeing of consumers as well as upgrading the best of these products by the productive sector. The result of her scientific activity is reflected in the publication more than one hundred ninety-five scientific articles in international journals, participation in fifty-eight projects of national and international R&D and the orientation of seventy-nine undergraduate, master, doctorate and national international postdoctoral students. She is the Portuguese focal point of European Fish Technologists Association (WEFTA) and she was invited as expert to the High Level Panel in Ocean Economy (HLPO) https://oceanpanel.org/. Among other projects, she currently coordinates the project GENEMARE_PORTUGAL aiming the development and implementation of a biological repository of Portuguese marine species.