Rita Campos is a Researcher at the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC), co-founder and co-coordinator of the Working Group in Citizen Science and Education (https://www.ces.uc.pt/en/investigacao/grupos/cc-edu) and a permanent member of the Observatory for Education and Training Policies (https://www.opedu.pt/en/). She holds a PhD in Biology (evolutionary biology and population genetics) from the University of Porto. Since 2009, she is interested in the areas of Science Education and Science Communication, and develops research in these areas exclusively since 2016. Her current research interests focus on the study and production of science education and communication materials, active learning and public engagement with and in science (citizen science) on themes related to the relationship between biodiversity and human health, interconnections between systems (natural, social, cultural) and (environmental) sustainability. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies that enhance the inclusion and participation of the public, such as context-based education or visual methodologies, and in mixed methods for evaluating the materials produced. She collaborates regularly with national and international institutions (CIBIO-InBIO, Science Museum of the Univ. Coimbra, COI, UFRN-Brazil, among others). Her work has earned national and international recognition, with emphasis on the Distinction Award awarded by Casa das Ciências to a didactic sequence and the "New Ideas Scheme" pass awarded by ECSITE. She is the co-founder of the informal group Pedagogical Action-Reflexion Lab (https://tinyurl.com/33vc6457), aiming at discussing education, from teachers training to new pedagogies, and gathering students, teachers, professors and researchers from Portuguese and Brazilian universities and institutions. She is member of the Portuguese Network of Citizen Science, integrating the working groups "Engagement with communities and links with local entities" and "Training in citizen science". She is currently the CES PI of an Horizon Europe (HE) funded project (BIOASSEMBLER), co-PI of a European Social Fund/CENTRO 2030 funded project (ATHENE) and co-PI of a FCT funded project (MARGINS), and team member of other international or national funded and unfunded projects. In all, she is responsible for promoting the links between research and educational curricula and/or for developing participatory methodologies for a relevant science and society dialogue.