Teresa Neuparth(TN) is an environmental toxicologist with an MSc in Marine Ecology, Management and Modeling(2000) and PhD in Environmental Sciences(2004) from Faculty of Sciences and Technology -NOVA University of Lisbon. Part of her PhD was conducted at Texas A&M and Texas Tech Universities, USA, strengthening her international scientific training. Since then, she had carried out 13 years of Postdoctoral research, first at NOVA University of Lisbon and at Wales/Plymouth Universities, UK and then at CIIMAR. In her Postdoc research, she developed integrative research in environmental toxicology, integrating chronic life-cycle studies, genotoxicity and toxicogenomics to evaluate the effects of environmental contaminants. This work has result in several publication in leading journals(e.g., 27,31,54). Since 2018 she starts consolidating her independent research line at CIIMAR, Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Contaminants Group-EDEC. After holding a temporary Auxiliary Researcher position from 2018 to 2022, in 2022 she was awarded the highly competitive FCT Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus(CEEC 5th edition) as Principal Investigator. In February 2023, she was granted a permanent Principal Investigator contract at CIIMAR and in 2025 she became PI of the EDEC team. Over the last 5 years, TN is conducted research on hazard and risk assessment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern(CECs), using crustaceans/fish as model organisms. Her approach integrates key ecological endpoints (behavior, embryonic development, full life-cycle, multi/transgenerational bioassays), biochemical and molecular tools (including oxidative stress and neurotoxic biomarkers, qPCR and Next-Generation Sequencing) to link adverse phenotypic outcomes with underlaying chemicals´ mode of action. She’s also actively involved in collaborative research on the preparedness/response to Hazardous and Noxious Substances spills and on the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining activities. Since 2019, TN has played a key role in multidisciplinary collaborations with leading Spanish and Portuguese research institutions, mainly CIIMAR, FEUP, ARCUS-USC, in the framework of the New Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, focusing on the evaluation of advancing treatments technologies efficacy in reducing the toxicity of CECS. These collaborations have already produced more than 10 papers in leader ISI journals reflating scientific excellence and strong international integration. More recently, TN established a strategic collaboration with Dra. Laia Mavarro-Martin, from EDEA-CSIC, an expert in molecular mechanisms and multi-omics approaches, who will provide an advancing expertise to the present project in integrative epigenetic and transcriptomic analyses. TN has established a recognized research line on Transgenerational and Epigenetic effects of CECs having already published 4 ISI articles. Notably, her publication in Environmental International (16) demonstrated that reproduction/growth of the amphipod Gammarus locusta were particularly impacted by environmental relevant levels of Simvastatin over 4 generations, not only for exposed animals, but also for the offspring in the 3 subsequent unexposed generations - transgenerational effects - suggesting epigenetic mechanisms. Building on TN expertise in CECs research, she has recently expended the focus of her research to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances(PFAS), driven by their persistence, bioaccumulation and implications for marine wildlife, food-chain transfer and seafood consumers health. Her interest grew after participating in a screening study in which PFAS concentrations in fish muscle and bivalve exceeded the regulatory thresholds(23) This highlights critical knowledge gaps on PFAS long-term ecological hazard, their molecular mechanisms and appropriate advancing treatments technologies to mitigate their impacts. This emerging research direction inspired TN to present PFAS-IN proposal