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. Laura Escrivá holds a PhD in Food Science (2018) and is Associate Professor in Nutrition at the University of Valencia (UV). She earned a Bachelor's in Pharmacy (2012) with a 10-month ERASMUS (University of Bologna, 2010); and a Master's in Food Quality and Safety (2013), receiving the Extraordinary Master's Award. She obtained two ERASMUS scholarships (2010), one regional research grant (2013), one National pre-doctoral grant (2015-2018), two International Mobility grants (2017), and a EU-FORA grant from EFSA (2018). She has contributed to 17 scientific projects (8 national, 7 regional, 2 European) plus 7 contracts with food companies. Her research focuses on lactic acid bacteria for food waste valorization, development of biopreservatives and nutraceuticals, and validation in human cell lines. She has expertise in analytical methods (GC-MS; HPLC-MS/qTOF); in vitro models (Caco-2, SH-SY5Y, Jurkat, HepG2, THP-1); gastrointestinal digestion, absorption, bioaccessibility, and bioavailability; in vivo studies; microbial isolation and characterization; transcriptomics (RNA-seq, RT-qPCR), proteomics, metabolomics; and AOPs. She completed 243 h of food safety risk assessment training at EFSA (Italy), AGES (Austria), BfR (Germany), and EFET (Greece), plus 40 h in endocrine disruptors risk assessment at KI (Sweden). She also completed three distance Master degrees (ADEIT-UV) in Community Pharmaceutical Care (2014), Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacovigilance (2016), and Toxicology and Risk Assessment (2017), as well as courses in Toxicogenomics (36 h, Maastricht University) and Animal Research Procedures (85 h, UV). International research stays include 4 months at Maastricht University (The Netherlands, 2017), 2 months at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (USA, 2017), and 12 months at Karolinska Institute (Sweden, 2018). She has published 29 scientific articles (21 as first/last author), mostly in top-tier journals (21 in T1; 19 in Q1), with 923 citations and h-index 13; and 5 international book chapters (2022-2025). She has presented at 85 congresses (35 oral, 50 posters; 29 international), served on 17 organizing/scientific committees, an ESTIV/ASCCT webinar, and contributed to ALTERTOX Academy (2019). She has taught >1,600 h in Bachelor's and Master's Degrees, supervised 31 final works (22 TFGs, 9 TFMs) and 33 external internship projects including ERASMUS students. She coordinates 'Diet therapy' (Human Nutrition and Dietetics, UV, 2023-present) and served on 44 TFG, 45 TFM, and 2 Doctoral Thesis expert committees. She was accredited as academic supervisor by ADEIT-UV (2023) with excellence mention, and completed multiple teaching training programs (>280 h) at UV. She is/was member of AETOX (2013-2024), ESTIV (2017-2019), ASCCT (2020-2021), and the MICOFOOD network (2015-present); served on the Department of Preventive Medicine council (UV, 2012-present), Faculty of Pharmacy Board and Qualifications Committee (2020-2023), Doctoral School representative (2015-2018), and editorial panel member of Frontiers in Toxicology (2020). Her achievements include the Extraordinary Master's Award (2014); best oral presentation awards (2015, 2018, 2020, 2024); best TFG award (Official College of Dietitians-Nutritionists, 2024); selection for IMP/IMFAHE mentoring (Harvard, 2016); EFSA shortlist for Novel Foods & Nutrient Sources (2019-2024); ESTIV grant for EUROTOX 2019; and representation of UV at Meetings of Excellence (Jaume I Awards Foundation, 2015)..