Mónica Antunes is a Ph.D. Student at the Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior. She was a Student Intern at the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses in 2018. She received her Licentiate degree in Chemistry at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa from 2013 to 2016; a Master's degree in Chemistry at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa from 2016 to 2018; and a Postgraduate degree in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa from 2019 to 2020. Her research interests include new psychoactive substances, health problems, and Toxicity.