Tânia Gonçalves Albuquerque, graduated in Nutrition and Food Science, since 2003, and has a Master degree in Clinical Nutrition. At the present, she is performing her PhD on Pharmaceutical Sciences – Food Chemistry Speciality, at the Faculty of Pharmacy from University of Porto, Portugal. Currently, she is developing work at Research and Development Unit from Department of Food and Nutrition, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, I.P (INSA). From 2012, she is an effective member of the Portuguese Council of Nutritionists.

She has more than 25 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals, around 30 scientific publications in national peer-reviewed journals and more than one hundred publications in conference proceedings. Up to now, she has participated in 4 international projects and 7 national projects.

She is referee of renowned international journals, namely Food Chemistry, LWT - Food Science and Technology - Journal – Elsevier, Food Research International, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, and Frontiers in Nutrition. She is also member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Nutrition - section Nutrition and Environmental Sustainability and EC Nutrition.

She imparted lessons in several national Universities (University of Porto, University of Coimbra and Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz). She has also supervised students from different fields of research.