Eduarda Pereira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Aveiro (UA) and the scientific head of the Central Analytical Laboratory. Between 2018 and 2022, she served as Director of the Chemistry undergraduate program in the Department of Chemistry at UA, and since 2012, she has been Deputy Director of the Marine Sciences undergraduate program. In 2021, she was appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Master’s in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and was elected coordinator of the Environment – Monitoring and Analysis thematic line at LAQV. She is the author of over 400 scientific articles, with approximately 15,500 citations (h-index of 62, according to Scopus), around 200 oral communications at conferences, as well as 2 books, 19 book chapters, and 6 patents. She has participated as principal investigator or team member in several national and international projects, and under her leadership, there has been significant expansion in state-of-the-art equipment acquisition. Her research focuses on environmental quality assessment and water remediation, including the recovery of economically valuable elements using innovative technologies such as nanomaterials. Her extensive experience in supervising students includes 30 PhD students and 79 MSc student.