Rafaela A. Santos obtained her PhD in Biology at CIIMAR-FCUP where she applied different microbiological, cellular, and molecular biology tools to characterize Bacillus spp. and their biotechnological applications as disease-preventive agents for the aquaculture sector. Currently, she is a Junior Researcher at Fish nutrition and welfare group dedicated to the development of novel strategies to fight diseases in aquaculture, including probiotics, oral vaccines and Bacillus bioactive compounds as disease-preventive molecules. Rafaela has more than 8 years of lab practical experience in academic settings with strong connections with the animal-feeds industries, counting 1 licensing agreement and 5 knowledge-transfer Business Ignition Programs.
