**Maria Lisa Clodoveo**

Maria Lisa Clodoveo is Associate Professor in Food Science and Technology at the Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Italy. She is the Director of the Short Master in "Health claims of Extra Virgin Olive Oil as Marketing Tool to Improve the Company's Competitiveness", and Director of the Short Master in "The Olive Oil Sensory Science and the Culinary Art". She is a member of the "Accademia dei Georgofili" and of "Accademia Nazionale dell'Olivo e dell'Olio". She is the founder of the "Research Centre for Olive Growing and Olive Oil Industry" at the University of Bari. She was the winner of the award "Antico Fattore" (2016) assigned by "Accademia dei Georgofili". She was awarded with the Menvra Award 2018 as woman of oil. She is a Principal Investigator of the European Project Horizon 2020—Fast Track for Innovation—Olive Sound. She is the inventor of two patents and the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters in the olive oil sector.
