Graduated in Biology at the University of Lisbon and holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Mycology, from Minho University. She developed her postdoctoral research on the molecular epidemiology of Aspergillus, in collaboration with Stanford University and the California Institute of Medical Research, California. She develops her work at the Reference Unit for Parasitic and Fungal Infections at the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge and the Institute of Environmental Health. The author’s major field of study is the diagnosis, surveillance, and molecular epidemiology of fungal infections. She has several publications and communications in these areas of expertise, namely, scientific papers published in international and national peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, and she is also an editor of one book in the field of mycology. She is a lecturer at national and international conferences, workshops, and scientific meetings. She is a fellow of ECMM (European Confederation of Medical Mycology) and the President of the Portuguese Society of Medical Mycology (ASPOMM). She is also the Portuguese Ambassador of the international organization GAFFI—Global Action for Fungal Infections.