My career has been driven by a passion for understanding and mitigating the impacts of environmental contaminants on human health. With a foundation in biochemistry and food chemistry (BSc; 2007), and analytical chemistry (MSc; 2008), I pursued a PhD in Chemistry at Univ. Aveiro, in collaboration with Univ. Strathclyde (UK 2013). I proceeded my career as Research Fellow at project RemAS (PTDC/MAR-BIO/3533/2012; UA; 2014-2016), which opened my curiosity to multicontaminant scenarios. In 2016, I moved to the National Institute of Health to work on the intl project NeoGene (FAPESP/19914/2014; 2016-2017) that provided me the knowledge I lacked in toxicology. With these skills, I developed a project addressing the health effects resulting from co-exposure to engineered nanomaterials (ENM) and potentially toxic elements (PTE), using in vitro and in vivo models. I obtained competitive funding for a postdoctoral grant (EPIUnit/ISPUP, and ITR; 2017-2024) and project NanoLegaTox (PTDC/SAU-PUB/29651/2017; PI) and started an independent research line. This worked proved that mixture effects exist in ENM-PTE co-exposure and can be of antagonistic or potentiation nature. Currently, I am Assistant Researcher at ISPUP/ITR, and PI of project MixIngTox (2022.03491.PTDC; ongoing), which focus on developing an integrated methodology to assess the potential toxicity of ingested ENM and PTE. Over the years, I participated in 13 projects (9 ntl; 4 intl), which allowed me to acquire a multidisciplinary array of skills in several areas, including experimental planning, biological and inorganic sample analysis, characterization of ENM, quantification of chemicals, in vitro experimentation, toxicity endpoints, and method development. So far, my work resulted in 30 peer-reviewed papers (Scopus h-index 15). I have presented my work to the scientific community, with 50 communications (27 oral; 2 keynotes; 1 invited; 23 posters), and awarded 3 times (2 IACOBUS Publication Awards 2021 and 2023; and 1 best oral presentation runner-up on the 10th ICMGP 2011). I was a member of the organizing committee of several scientific events, including 5 international conferences (11th ICMGP, 4th ICOETOX, 48th EEMGS, ISBM-12 and DiMoPEx Training School on Risk Assessment and Communication), and was part of the Scientific Committee for 48th EEMGS (2020) and ISBM-12 (2023). I was also responsible for the organization of international interlaboratory exercise ILAE-Hg-2 (38 participants from 6 countries). I have supervised 1 Junior researcher (post-doc level), 2 MSc-level researchers, 1 PhD and 3 MsC and 3 undergraduate students. I am involved in advanced teaching, as an invited lecturer for the Specialization Course in Public Health (ISPUP) and at the School of Health of the Polytechnic of Porto. I was invited as an external expert/evaluator by COST Action, have been the main arguer of 7 MSc thesis and 2 intl PhD, and was invited as Guest-Editor for the Special Issue Toxicity of nanomaterials and legacy contaminants: risks to environment and human health of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. I act regularly as reviewer for >15 SCI journals in the areas of Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Health, Toxicology, Nanotoxicity and Nanosafety. I have established national network of collaboration with researchers from CESAM-UA; INSA; CIIMAR-UP; CICECO-UA; LEPABE-UP; LAQV-REQUIMTE, and international with researchers from CICA-University of A Coruña (ES), University of Strathclyde (GB), CIEMAT (ES) , Swedish Uni. of Agriculture Sciences, and Umea University (SE); all resulted in peer-reviewed publications. In 2021, I was invited to join the Spanish Research Group NanoToxGen. My scientific path reflects a commitment to multidisciplinary research, impactful collaborations, and the translation of knowledge into health interventions and a proven ability to lead innovative projects, secure funding, and mentoring.