Patricia Emilia Bento Moura graduated with a degree in biology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), and with a Master’s degree in biosciences from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). She was a research fellow at the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz, RJ), working on projects related to animal, human, and environmental viruses. Currently, Patricia is involved in projects focusing on viruses in various environmental matrices, studying their impacts on health and the environment.