M. Santos has a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Agricultural Engineering (FCUP). After 3 years working as a research fellow in the EU-project AgriNuPes (www.agrinupes.eu), he is currently a PhD student in the Agricultural Sciences program from FCUP. He has been developing his PhD program at GreenUPorto on the topic “Act-ON Psa: The role of plant nutrition and sustainable management tools for Psa mitigation in kiwifruit” in collaboration with CBQF – Universidade Católica and with U. Vigo (financed by FCT; 2020.08874.BD). His research interests include plant physiology, nutrition and pathology.