Prof. Agostinho Antunes earned his Ph.D. in Genetics and Evolution (2002) at the University of Porto (Portugal), in collaboration with the INRA (Paris, France) and the Washington University (St. Louis, USA). He undertook Post-Doctoral work at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity (LGD), National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Frederick, Maryland, USA (2002-2004), and he continued affiliated with LGD as a Visiting Scientist until 2011. He became a Researcher (Computational Biochemistry) at the REQUIMTE, University of Porto, in 2005, then moved in 2007 to the CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research), University of Porto, and in 2013 became the Head of the Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics Group. Since 2011 he has been also Professor at the Department of Biology from the University of Porto and Director of the Environmental Monitoring Centre – CMIA, in Matosinhos Municipality, Porto, Portugal. His major research interests include understanding the evolutionary significance of genomics in natural adaptation, diversification and speciation, and its conservation relevance, notably by integrating genomics, bioinformatics and biotechnology to describe overall diversity patterns from microorganisms to animals.