C Pereira is Biochemist, Master in Cell Biology and received, in 2000, her PhD in Cell Biology from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal. Presently, she is Principal Investigator (with tenure) at the Faculty of Medicine from UC (FMUC), and is Principal Investigator (PI) of a research line at the Cell Signaling and Metabolism group from the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), which integrates the Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) at UC, recently renewed the Associated Laboratory status with a top 100% score. Her research focuses on 3 main pillars: 1) to study the mechanisms of cellular response to stress (e.g, inflammation, ER stress and mitochondrial dysfunction) and to explore their deregulation in neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's disease) and mental illnesses (bipolar disorder and schizophrenia), in order to identify new therapeutic targets; 2) explore the impact of stress on the skin, which has the same embryonic origin as the brain, and the skin-brain axis in the context of aging and pathological conditions, and investigate how modulating this axis can help combat stress and promote health and well-being; 3) explore the bioactivity of natural resources such as algae, mushrooms, forest biomass, thermal waters, among others, for development of cosmetics, prebiotics and other added value products. To achieve these objectives, in vitro and in vivo experimental models as well as human biological samples are used. Due to participation in several funded projects (e.g., FCT, EU), either as PI/co-PI or as team member, C Pereira published almost 100 peer-reviewed papers, the majority in international quartile 1 (Q1) journals. In addition, she is inventor of several patents (published or under evaluation), demonstrating the relevance of her research in knowledge transfer promotion and economic valorization. The scientific impact of her research is reflected in the H index (39) and high nº of citations (~ 4600) (WoScc). In 2004 C Pereira was awarded with the LOréal For Women in Science Prize (1st edition). Until 2022, she integrated the Evaluation Board of this L'Oréal Portugal/UNESCO/FCT award and was invited to participate in the 2021 edition of "Women in Science " book that brings together portraits of Portuguese female researchers. She supervised several PhD (8 concluded, 2 ongoing) and Master (>20 concluded) students, research fellows, UC 1st cycle and ERASMUS students. She is actively enrolled in Master and PhD programs at UC. In addition, she teaches (1st cycle) since 2008: integrated masters in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering (UC), Physiotherapy course (Coimbra Health Technologies School). She is Editor of scientific journals as well as reviewer for J Neurosci, Cell Death Diff, Free Radic Biol Med, Neurobiol Aging, among many others, and has integrated the evaluation board of funding agencies such as ARS (France) and FCT (Portugal). She was invited speaker and/or co-authored more than 100 oral and 120 poster communications in (inter)national scientific meetings and was also enrolled in the organization of several scientific meetings. She actively participated in several science outreach projects and activities, namely "Ciencia Viva during Summer Holidays" and "Brain Awareness Week", and was invited to participate in events in media and broad end-users (TV, radio, newspapers, social networks). In addition to research and teaching duties, C Pereira is also enrolled in FMUC management as member of the Faculty Assembly and of ORBEA the animal welfare entity, and is presently member of the Board of Directors of CNC-UC. C Pereira is volunteer at the "Machado de Castro" Museum (Coimbra, Portugal) in the project "EU no MusEU" (collaboration with the Alzheimer Portugal Association).