**M. Carmen Seijo**

M. Carmen Seijo has been a professor at the Faculty of Sciences (University of Vigo, Spain) since 1995. She completed her PhD in Biology with a focus on the characterization of different honey types. She specializes in the study of honeybee products, mainly regarding botanical and geographical origin, authentication, quality control as well as physicochemical composition and sensory evaluation. She is a recognized expert in the field of melissopalynology and the evaluation of the botanical and geographical origin of honey. She has also led several research activities and projects dealing with the authentication of honeybee products using different analytical methodologies. M. Carmen Seijo has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and has delivered a number of presentations at some international and national conferences within the areas of Botany, Food Sciences and Technology, Nutrition and Dietetics, multidisciplinary Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Agronomy and Agriculture.
