Sandra Regina Ceccato-Antonini, Ph.D., is a full professor in the Department of Agroindustrial Technology and Rural Socio-Economics, Center of Agrarian Sciences, at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). She received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Biological Sciences at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus Rio Claro, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. Professor Ceccato-Antonini did her postdoctoral studies at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, and the University of Sheffield in molecular genetics of yeasts. She has experience in the area of microbiology, with an emphasis on industrial microbiology and fermentation. She was a member of the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) from 2017 to 2023.