Myriam Lopes is Associate Professor at the Department of Environment and Planning of the University of Aveiro (UA) and a researcher at Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM). She was Vice-Coordinator of CESAM, Member of the General Council of the UA, and Member of the Council of the Department of Environment and Planning. She holds an environmental engineering degree, an MSc in Air Pollution, and a Ph.D. in Sciences Applied to the Environment, with a thesis in Climate Change policy and economics. During her Graduation, she was an ERASMUS student in Madrid, Spain. Currently, she is responsible for courses on Air Pollution, Air Quality Management, Climate Change, Environmental Management, Environmental Modelling and Urban Metabolism. She collaborated as an invited professor at the University of Macau, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, and Universidade de Cabo Verde. Within the scope of the consortium AMIGO (UA, UÉvora, NOVA, ULisboa, and IP Tomar) she is the UA PI for the ERASMUS+ projects approved in 2018, 2019, and 2020. She is a well-established researcher in environmental sciences and engineering with a focus on Air pollution and Health effects; Air Quality Management, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, including Nature-based solutions; Environmental Management and Policies; Urban Sustainability; Urban Metabolism and Circular Economy; Citizens Behavior and Engagement on Environmental Policy and Urban Planning. She has participated in several national and international projects as a researcher and coordinator/ national coordinator (FCT; EU/H2020). She was the national coordinator of the H2020 project ClairCity - Citizen Led Air Pollution Reduction in Cities being responsible for the implementation of all citizens and stakeholders engagement activities (Delphi, stakeholders dialogue workshop, mutual learning workshop, and policy workshop) in the pilot Aveiro Region, and for air quality and exposure modeling. She is responsible for the scientific supervision/co-supervision of 6 Post-docs, 16 PhD (6 concluded); 54 MSc (50 concluded); 4 Graduation level (2 concluded) students. She was responsible for job positions (2 junior researchers) and scientific supervision of research grants in the scope of research projects. She organized and/or was a member of scientific committees of national and International conferences. She is a peer reviewer of international journals (EMAS, ENVI, EnvSCiPol, IJEST, IJSDP, IJEI, JCLEPRO, JEMA, STOTEN, Sustain Cities Soc, Urban Climate). She represents UA in the Network of Environmental Studies in Portuguese-speaking Countries (REALP) and in the PACOPAR (community responsible care panel from Estarreja Industrial Complex). She represented the UA in the GARD Portugal (Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases) the Ministry of Science, Technology and High Education in the Portuguese Interministerial Commission for Climate Change. She is an expert for the Portuguese Environmental Agency, the General Directorate for Health, the CCDRs, the Intermunicipal Community, and the Region of Aveiro. Recently she was invited by FCT as an expert redator of the ¿Agenda Temática de Investigação e Inovação Economia Circular. She developed technical consulting for several public and private entities and contributes to science dissemination, public information, and awareness of environmental issues, notably air pollution and health impacts, climate change, circular economy, and sustainability. She collaborated with UNEP on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Management Framework for FLORESTA+ (Brazil Green Climate Fund Proposal for REDD+), in Aveiro STEAM City Urban Innovative Action, with the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC), and on ERASMUS+ projects EUSTEPs and PRECIUS (UA coordinator). Currently she is coordinating the Topic Natural Systems of the PROT Centro (regional spatial planning program) for CCDR Centro.