Paula Alvarenga completed a PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2009 (University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia), a MSc degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1998 (University of Évora) and a Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1992 (University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico). She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior de Agronomia since 2017 and worked from 1993 to 2016 in the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, School of Agriculture. She has published over 53 articles in international indexed specialized journals, 9 book chapter(s) and 18 articles in Books of Proceedings of International Conferences. She was Associated Editor in 3 international journals, where she edited over 22 scientific manuscripts, and reviewed for different journals. She supervised 1 post-doctoral thesis(s), 1 doctoral thesis and 17 MSc thesis, and is now supervising 4 PhD students and 5 MSc students. She participated as an Investigator in 22 projects, both national and internationally funded, and as Principal Investigator in 1 project(s), FCT funded. She works in the areas of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her main research interest are in soil quality and pollution; soil remediation; phytoremediation and phytomanagement; remediation of soils from mining areas; use of biowastes as soil amendments; risk assessment of using biowastes as agricultural soil amendments; water quality and pollution.