Magda Sousa is an Assistant Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Aveiro and a researcher at the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies. She completed a Marine and Environmental Sciences Doctorate from the University of Aveiro in 2013, specialising in Oceanography and Marine Ecosystems. From 2014 to 2015, she was a project researcher at the University of Vigo (Spain), dedicated to studying the primary production variability along the Galicia coast. From 2015 to 2018, she was awarded a postdoctoral grant supported by the FCT to study the climate change impact on the hydrodynamic and hydrographic patterns of the NW coast of the Iberian Peninsula estuaries. She has worked with different types of hydrodynamic numerical models. This allowed her to have extensive and deep experience working on estuarine and coastal models applied to different locations. She acquired solid competencies in the analysis of climate data, assessing the impact of climate change on coastal upwelling, sea surface temperature and wind energy resources. She has published 54 papers in peer-reviewed journals (h-index=16) and has participated in several research projects supported by national/international funding. She also published 14 conference proceedings, 2 book chapters, 6 scientific reports, and 6 technical reports. She edited 5 books and reviewed many papers for indexed journals. Moreover, Magda Sousa presented 33 posters and 30 oral communications in scientific meetings (4 of them as invited speakers). She has participated as a team member in 10 national, 4, and 4 consultancy international/national projects. She is the UA team leader of the SMART international project. She is the supervisor of 5 MSc and 6 BSc theses (completed), one research fellow, and is now the supervisor of 2 MSc and 2 BSc students in their final seminar. She was also the supervisor of 1 completed PhD thesis and is currently the principal supervisor of 1 post-doc researcher and one research fellow.