Ana Reis is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and a senior researcher at Associated Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aerospace (LAETA). With a background in Mechanical Engineering, her research focuses on advanced manufacturing processes, particularly metal additive manufacturing (AM), bridging experimental work, multi-physics modelling, and industry-driven innovation. She has led multiple industry-oriented research projects in the energy and tooling sectors and, between 2018 and 2025, has co-authored several publications on laser-based additive manufacturing processes, data-driven methods, and materials engineering. Professor Reis has been an active contributor to major international AM conferences (ASME IMECE, ASTM ICAM). She also served on the organizing and scientific committees of ESIAM23 and is a member of the ASME PVP Technical Committee MF-17 on Advanced and Additive Manufacturing.