I have a PhD on Marine Sciences at the University of Lisbon (2020), a MSc Degree in Marine and Coastal Studies at the University of Algarve and completed the BSc (5 years degree) in Biology Applied to Animal Resources (Marine) at the University of Lisbon. Currently, I have won a Junior Research Contract funded by FCT under the "5th Edition of Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus", focusing on monitoring plastic pollution through the bottom to the top of aquatic food webs. Previously, I was working at the S2AQUAcoLAB (Sustainable and Smart Aquaculture Collaborative Laboratory) as an Assistant Researcher on the impacts of environment and climate changes in aquaculture. I have been co-responsible for the zooplankton long term monitoring stations in Guadiana estuary (https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/time-series/pt-30201/) and Ria Formosa lagoon system. In the last 6 years, I have been an invited Assistant Professor in the University of Algarve, teaching courses in Marine Biology, Biology, and Coastal and Marine Management BSc degrees (Plankton: Organisms and Processes, Biological Oceanography, Invertebrates Biology, Marine Ecosystems), and in 2021 have been awarded with the "Teaching and Learning Award UALG 2020 - Teacher of the Year distinguished by Students" by the University of Algarve. I have participated in several national and international projects concerning different areas, and was the Co-Principal Investigator of the exploratory project "Photo-Plas", funded by FCT. I have focused mainly on the zooplankton ecology research, as well as on other research fields such as non-indigenous species, jellyfish trophic ecology, fish larvae recruitment, benthic ecology and microplastic pollution. Moreover, I have been actively participating in activities aiming at transferring knowledge to general public related to the importance of studying zooplankton and microplastics pollution.