Cristina Verissimo graduated from the University of Lisbon, specializing in environmental and clinical mycology. She has a Master’s Degree in Human Biology and Environment from the University of Lisbon. She is head of the Mycology Reference Laboratory at the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, with expertise in fungal diseases. She has a special interest in the diagnosis and epidemiology of invasive and superficial fungal diseases, aspergillus cryptic species, and azole resistance. She is the author of several publications in clinical and environmental mycology and has participated in several national and international projects on environmental mycology. She is also involved in postgraduate teaching for both clinical scientists and physicians and takes the lead in organizing several clinical mycology courses.