Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (DCEA) NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA) Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal

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Catarina Silva has a degree in Biology by Lusófona University of Humanities and Technology (ULHT) since 2017. She is now finishing her master's degree in Marine Ecology at the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon (FCUL). Her master thesis, carried out at Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) focuses on the presence of microplastics in pelagic fishes (Sardina pilchardus, Engraulis encrasicolus and Trachurus trachurus). Her thesis analysed the accumulation of MPs in three tissues (gills, gastrointestinal tracts and muscles). She is currently part of the MARlab team within the PLASTISPHERE project- “Understanding microplastic biota composition and dynamics along the coasts of Israel and Portugal”.