Patrick Materatski (PM) obtained his PhD in Biology in 2015 at the University of Évora. PM is an Assistant Researcher at the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) and at the Associate Laboratory Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE) of the University of Évora. PM's core research focuses on Plant pathology, more specifically on two main domains. The first concerns the study of plant viruses, either as pathogens and/or as biotechnological tools for plant protection. The second concerns the study of endophytic and pathogenic fungi in important crops, focused on the understanding of plant-pathogen interactions for the development of methods for biological control. PM was granted by FCT with a contract (2022-2028) for Assistant Researcher (2021.01553.CEECIND) in the frame of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (268k euros). In addition, PM has been a plant pathologist consultant for Municipalities, private sector and state agencies for the last years. PM has demonstrated a high internationalization level which can be confirmed through several scientific collaborations with 48 different researchers from different countries across America, Europe and Africa.