Inês Ferreira Mendes is currently working as an Earth Observation (EO) Project Officer at the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), supporting research and innovation initiatives in the field of security-related EO applications. She holds a master’s degree in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), University of Lisbon, where she specialized in geospatial analysis and remote sensing. Her professional experience includes previous roles at the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and the Portuguese Directorate General for Territory (DGT), where she worked with Copernicus data and satellite-based classification methodologies. Her current work focuses on EU-funded R&I projects, specifically the Horizon Europe SDG-EYES project and the GEO SPACE-SECURITY Pilot Initiative, with contributions to EO-based decision support solutions.