Sofia Soares is a Ph.D. student in Biomedicine at Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde of the Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal), a research grant holder (FCT fellowship), and a member of the CICS-UBI-Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde of the Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal). Her research interests include toxicological analysis; clinical and forensic toxicology; sample preparation; miniaturized extraction techniques; alternative matrices; and analytical toxicology.