Pedro Manuel Fernandes Rodrigues completed his M.Sc. degree in Forensic Genetics in 2021 from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and a B.Sc. degree in Genetics and Biotechnology in 2019 from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Pedro published one scientific paper as the first author in Biomedicines journal based on a work performed during his BSc degree and three scientific posters exhibited at conferences. One of the posters he coauthored received an award. He completed an internship at UTAD during his B.Sc. degree, and for his master's thesis, he completed an internship at i3S. After his master's thesis defense, he began collaborating in the Population Genetics & Evolution group at i3S. His primary fields of interest are forensic genetics, population genetics, molecular biology, human genetics, and genetics and heredity.