Patrícia Alexandra Curado Quintas Dinis Poeta, Full Professor at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD)., EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Microbiology. Member of CECAV-UTAD and collaborator of LAVQ-REQUIMTE, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University NOVA of Lisbon. PhD in Veterinary Medicine by UTAD and Coordinator of the Research Group MicroArt- Microbiology and Antibiotic resistance Team and Head of Medical Microbiology Laboratory. She is also the first Portuguese Ambassador of the Global AMR Insights Network and an active member of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, where she integrates five European study groups. In the past she was secretary of the ESGVM Executive Committee of ESCMID and nowadays Scientific Officer. Her main research interest is the characterization of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in bacteria of different origins as humans, animals, food, water and the environment, as well as the performance of studies of molecular epidemiology to characterize the genetic lineages of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Director of several doctoral and masters’ theses. Also responsible for research projects funded by private companies and inter-university projects, teaches International courses and Master’s degree and keeps working activities with several national and international entities. Furthermore, she has played key roles in organizing scientific events, served on editorial boards of journals, and participated in scientific dissemination initiatives highlighting the interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health. With regard to scientific production has published more than 280 articles in journals from the SCI and book chapters. Has more than 1000 communications at international scientific meetings, presentations at national or Iberian scientific meetings, posters at scientific meetings. More than 10.000 publications in GenBank, UniProt, records in MLST, among others. Received 48 awards. Operates in the areas of Veterinary Science. In professional activities interacted with 175 workers in authorship and co-authorship of scientific papers.