Cristina Ponte Lira completed her PhD in Earth Resources in 2011, at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa; a MSc in Earth Resorces in 2006 at the same institution, and a BSc (5 years programm) in Environmental and Applied Geology in 2003 at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa. She is part of the Earth Surface Processes group of Instituto Dom Luiz, an Associated Research Laboratory. She works in the areas of Natural Sciences with emphasis on Coastal Processes and Monitoring Systems, Remote Sensing, GIS and Image Processing and Analysis. She has published 12 peer-reviewed research articles, 2 book chapters with peer-review, (co)authored 6 books, 2 editorials and 3 datasets. Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis and supervised 5 MSc thesis, and currently is supervising 2 PhD and 3 Msc students. She also (co)supervised a MSc and Bachelor thesis and Erasmus+ internships. She has been awarded 2 highly competitive fellowships and has participated in more than 10 research projects, 3 of them as Principal Investigator. She is an active reviewer for reference Earth and Planetary Sciences journals. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific and technological output are: Morphodynamic; Coastal Erosion, Remote Sensing, Geoprocessing.