Maria holds a MSc in Environmental Systems Engineering. Since 2018, she has been working in the design and application of environmental and socioeconomic impact assessment tools, in GHG accounting and in the development of a strategy for business expansion to Southeast Asia. She has proven experience in the elaboration of Life Cycle Assessment studies, through her participation in MegaRoller, PivotBuoy and LiftWEC projects, being an expert on raw materials identification and processing, devices components and manufacture processes, transportation, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions accounting for the development of marine renewable energy devices. Her work also involves research on legal, political and regulatory frameworks for marine renewable energy, stakeholder engagement and development of best practices on environmental and socioeconomic impact assessment methodologies, under EU funded projects such as DTOceanPlus and WESE. Finally, she acts as OES-Environmental Initiative analyst, representing Portugal in this network.