Meet the Volume Editor

Dr. Ana Marta Gonçalves obtained a Ph.D. in Biology with a specialty in Ecology from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in collaboration with Ghent University, Belgium, in 2011. Since 2019, she has been an auxiliary researcher at the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra. During her research career, Dr. Gonçalves obtained several grants in highly international competitive calls, including the 2008 MARS

award for young scientists funded by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) grants, and an honorable mention for the Impact of International Publications in 2022, according to Web of Science, by the Director of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra. She was a member of the board of directors of the research unit Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE). Currently, she is the chair of the *Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry* (SETAC) Europe Education Committee, coordinator of LTsER Estuaries platform, eLTER coordinator of the Working Group Sites and Platform Forum (SPF) Training Group, member of the board of directors of IMAR – Institute of Sea, an associate member (representative) of the Euro-Marine and IMBRSea networks, and a coordinator of La Caixa Foundation fellowship programs. Since 2016, Dr. Gonçalves has been a member of the Scientific Council of Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra. She is a journal editor and reviewer and has edited one book. Dr. Gonçalves is an advisory board member for Food Sciences and Technology and Toxicology. She is also a coordinator and research member of several national and international projects. She holds various administrative and science management positions in international networks. Dr. Gonçalves has supervised more than 140 graduate and post-graduate students and published more than 114 indexed papers and more than 55 book chapters. Dr. Gonçalves develops her work in the field of biological sciences, in the frontier of aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology, and biochemical pathways, assessing potential changes in trophic food webs, from primary producers to top predators, exposed to chemical stressors and climatic changes. She also researches marine biotechnology and the valorization of marine resources with industrial applications like food, biomedicine, pharmaceutical and agriculture novel products. Dr. Gonçalves dedicates part of her time to health and ocean literacy and environmental education. Her areas of specialization include marine biotechnology aquatic ecotoxicology, trophic food webs, global changes, anthropogenic impacts, microplastic pollution, biochemical analysis (fatty acid and carbohydrate profiles, proteins), biomarkers, bioindicators, aquatic ecology, estuarine plankton dynamics, long-term changes of plankton communities, aquaculture, and environmental education.

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