Dr. João M. Neto is a biologist focused on coastal and marine ecosystems. His background began at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), through areas as diverse as the dynamics of macroinvertebrate communities, nutrient mass balance in estuaries and seagrass meadows, and saltmarsh dynamics. Those different research fields improved his knowledge of ecological modeling, eutrophication processes, and restoration and management of estuarine systems, which were the basis of his Ph.D. research (Coimbra, Portugal). Presently, he is contracted at the University of Coimbra as a researcher in the Department of Life Sciences, developing his work at the research center MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, and at ARNET—Aquatic Research Network, in Coimbra (MARE-UC) and Figueira da Foz (MAREFOZ—Marine Ecosystems Lab), aiming at the integration of the ecological processes involved in estuarine and coastal systems.