Patrícia Rachinas-Lopes earned, from the ISPA - Instituto Universitário, a BSc in Psychobiology (2010) and a PhD in behavioural biology (2018). She is now a Lecturer at the same institute and a project manager at AnimalConcepts company. Her work in animal behaviour and welfare has resulted in numerous posters, presentations, publications and two awards. Her research interests include animal behaviour, animal welfare, cetaceans and acoustics.