Dr. Maria Font holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering (1994). She earned her PhD in 2000 from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Since 2000, she has been working as a researcher at IRTA, focusing on carcass and meat quality, as well as the use of computed tomography for the evaluation of live animals and their carcasses. She is the national expert in pig carcass classification. She has participated in and led several national and international projects. She has (co)authored more than 150 scientific publications and over 60 technical publications, as well as several book chapters.