Prof. Dr. Helena Ribeiro is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Porto, where she teaches first and second degree classes in Environmental Sciences and Technology. She is also a member of the Research Unit at the Institute of Earth Sciences. She has a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (pollen fertility, phenology, and pollen-based crop forecasting) and a post-doctorate in Environmental Management. Specific areas of her research are the monitoring of airborne pollen/fungal spores and pollution interactions; pollen detection using spectroscopic techniques; and the modeling of plant phenology. She has been involved in several national and international research projects and has experience of supervising post-doctoral researchers and BSc, MSc, and PhD students. She is an elected committee member of the European Aerobiology Society, Associate Editor of three journals related to aerobiological subjects, and is responsible for the International Phenological Garden in Porto (IPG-45).