Sara Cristina Ferreira Marques Antunes completed her Ph.D. in Biology in 2007 at Universidade de Aveiro, her MSc in «Science of coast zones» in 2001 at Universidade de Aveiro and her Degree in Biology in 1998 at the University of Aveiro Department of Biology. Currently, she is a Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research in Porto. She has published 84 articles in specialized magazines and has received five prizes and/or honors. She participates and/or has participated as an Investigator in more than 10 projects and as a Responsible Investigator in 1 project. She operates in the area of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Biological Sciences, namely in ecology and aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology. In her professional activities, she has interacted with 157 collaborators in co-authoring scientific works. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are Cyanobacterial blooms, Phycocyanin, Fluorometry, Monitoring, Thresholds, Ecotoxicological effects, Aquatic organisms, ecotoxicology, freshwater ecosystem, Daphnia magna, Daphnia, In situ assay, Immobilized microalgae, Community growth, Community structure, Acid mine drainage, Ecology, and environmental sciences. She also has acquired extensive experience in pedagogic activities since being an invited professor from 2012 in the Science Faculty of Oporto University.