Dr. Ana Paula Pinto is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Évora, Portugal. She served as Director of the Committee for the Master’s Program in Environmental Chemical Analysis. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Tecnico (1990), a master’s degree (Plant Nutrition, Soil Fertility and Fertilization) in Environmental/Biochemistry from Instituto Superior de Agronomia, UTL (1995), and a PhD (Environmental Engineering) in Environmental Biotechnology from Instituto Superior Tecnico, UTL (2003). Her research interests include phytoremediation, wastewater treatment, biobeds, and the degradation of pesticides in the soil.