**About the Editor**

#### **M ´onica Carrera**

Dr. Monica Carrera is a tenured scientist at the Institute of Marine Research (IIM), Spanish ´ National Research Council (CSIC) in Vigo (2020). She received her PhD in Biology with Honors at IIM-CSIC, 2008, in the field of proteomics and seafood authenticity and quality under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jose M. Gallardo, Dr. Carmen Pi ´ neiro and Dr. Benito Ca ˜ nas. From 2008 to 2013, she was ˜ working in the Proteomics group headed by Prof. Dr. Ruedi Aebersold at the Institute of Molecular Systems Biology (IMSB; ETH Zurich) in the field of proteomics and systems biology. In 2015, as ¨ a Proteomics Senior Researcher, Dr. Carrera was invited by the company Thermo Fisher Scientific (CA, USA) to work in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Lopez-Ferrer in the field of proteomics and food safety. Dr. Carrera is an internationally recognized expert on advanced proteomics in the context of seafood quality and safety. She has been recognized by 10 scientific awards (best PhD Thesis 2009; best Publication 2010, 2016, 2019; best Congress Chairman 2012; honorific distinction CSIC 2017; Congress Prize 2019, 2021; Excellent European Female Researcher 2021).
