Isabel M. D. Martins graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2006, at Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP). In 2012, and also at FEUP, she obtained the Ph.D on Microencapsulation of Thyme Oil by Coacervation: Production, Characterization and Release Evaluation, followed by a Post-Doctoral scholarship until 2014. She joined the LSRE-LCM Associate Laboratory in 2006 where she was a member of the research team. Her research focused on the encapsulation of essential oils for textile and cosmetic applications. From 2014 to 2018, she worked at Devan Micropolis, SA as a strategic R&D scientist and she was responsible for the synthesis and characterization of new formulations for textiles applications with health and wellness benefits. In 2019, she returned to LSRE-LCM to work under the project Valor Natural - Valorização de recursos naturais através da extração de ingredientes de elevado valor acrescentado para aplicações na indústria alimentar.