Vanessa Gonçalves is a Product Development Specialist at Buggypower, S.L. since March 2021 and an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona since October 2019. She holds a PhD in Environmental and Chemical Engineering from Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2016) and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology from Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (2016). She also possesses an MSc/PharmD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2010). Gonçalves is an author, contributing her expertise in galenic pharmacy and natural product development.