Nelson Saibo graduated in Biology by the University of Aveiro in 1994 and completed a MSc in Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants by University of Lisbon in 1997. In 2003, he was awarded a PhD in Sciences - Biotechnology by the University of Ghent (Belgium). Since 2004 he has been researcher at ITQB NOVA, first as a post-Doc and after 2007 as auxiliary researcher. In 2013, he became principal investigator and since then he has been the group leader of the Plant Gene Regulation laboratory (http://www.itqb.unl.pt/research/plant-sciences/plant-gene-regulation) and also the head of the Plant Sciences Division at ITQB NOVA. His research addresses the molecular basis of photosynthetic performance (particularly gene regulation) as well as plant responses to adverse environmental conditions and how this information is translated into growth. Nelson has coordinated or been involved in many different research projects, including the EU projects 3to4 (Converting C3 to C4 photosynthesis for sustainable agriculture) and PHOTOBOOST (A holistic approach to improve the photosynthetic performance and productivity of C3 crops under diverse environmental conditions), and published more than 40 international peer-reviewed papers and five book chapters. He is member of the Portuguese Plant Physiology Society´s Direction (since 2008) and ITQB representative at the Portuguese ELIXIR hub. Nelson is a regular lecturer for ITQB NOVA PhD programmes and co-coordinates one MSc and two PhD curricular units. Since 2014, he has been the director of the International PhD programme in Plant Sciences Plants for Life (run in collaboration with VIB-PSB, TSL, MPI-MPP, and SLCU).