Ana Luísa completed PhD in Structural Biology in 2002 and presently holds a position as Senior Researcher at UCIBIO-NOVA, started in 2003. Her research interests are focused in the search for uncharacterised biological protein-carbohydrate interactions with potential biotechnological use in nutrition, in pharma and in the biofuel industry. For this, among other structural biology and biophysics methods, she uses the powerful information provided by X-ray Crystallography. Recently, she's committed in implementing Cryo-Electron Microscopy methods in UCIBIO and, for this, she presently coordinates the FCT-NOVA node of the CryoEM-PT National Roadmap Infrastructure. Ana Luísa has completed the supervision of 3 PhD students (one awarded the Antonio Xavier Prize for the Best Thesis in 2013) and presently supervises 3 PhD students, from the MolBios and Biochemistry Doctoral programs, 2 of them concluding their Thesis in 2023. Ana Luísa has also trained 7 MSc students, 5 hired Post-Doctoral Fellows, and 14 other post-graduate students. As Principal Investigator, Ana Luísa has coordinated 4 national FCT-MCTES funded projects and was member of team in 14 other projects. Up to March 2023, her research activity has produced 58 peer-reviewed publications (14, as corresponding author) and 5 book chapters, with more than 1520 citations and an h-index of 20.