Cátia Gonçalves holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University of Aveiro (2011), a Master's degree in Geosciences with specialization in Environment and Planning (2006), and a Geology Degree (2002) from the University of Coimbra. Since 2019, she is an Assistant Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, and works in the area of Atmospheric Processes and Pollution. She has participated in several funded projects, being currently, a team member of the SOPRO project (FCT project). Gonçalves, C. has published 18 articles in WoS journals with 782 citations and has an h-index of 14.