Susana Alves

Susana Alves is an expert in lipid metabolism in ruminants with a PhD in Veterinary Sciences from ICBAS-University of Porto obtained in 2011. Her thesis was focused on studying the ruminant lipid nutrition and metabolism. Her PhD work was conducted at INIAV-Santarém, with a short stay at Cornell University (USA). Now, she is a Researcher at Laboratory of Animal Production Systems of CIISA-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Lisbon). Since 2006, Susana published more than 100 papers in international peer reviewed journals. She has also published a few book chapters and more than 90 abstracts in Congress Proceedings. Her research interests are focused on the following topics: Ruminant lipid nutrition and metabolism, Lipidomics, Rumen microbiome, Lipid metabolic pathways, Bacterial membrane lipids, Animal production, Food quality and safety.