I hold a BSc in Biology (2007), a MSc in Conservation Biology (2010) and a PhD in Biology (2014), all from the Univ. Seville. Throughout my scientific trajectory, I have had a special interest in improving the knowledge on marine biodiversity and its underlying ecological and evolutionary processes, also investigating the impact that cryptic species and biological invasions have on it. Specifically, as a Research Technician and Post-doctoral Researcher in CIBIO-InBIO, Univ. Porto (Alboran and MarInfo projects), I investigated the genetic and biogeographic affinities within the Atlantic-Mediterranean transition zone by means of a multi-species phylogeographic approach, studying small marine invertebrates with different dispersal abilities and life traits. During this time, I highly contributed to the sorting, morphological identification, and molecular analyses of more than 3,000 specimens of nearly 300 intertidal marine invertebrate species. These resulting data have significantly improved our knowledge and understanding of marine biodiversity, as they, among other, showed the existence of new and cryptic species and highlighted the importance of using an integrative approach to properly assess species boundaries and unravel hidden biodiversity. Moreover, I contributed to the development of a browser-based JavaScript program to help the scientific community to produce publication-ready genetic networks, which was published in Bioinformatics journal. Later, I got a contract as a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Univ. Porto (SARDINOMICS project), where I used Next Generation Sequencing to improve knowledge and management of sardine populations. This project has allowed me to become highly competent in bioinformatic analyses, including the processing and analysis of raw sequences for quality control and filtering, alignment of sequence data to a reference genome, or identification of variants, among others. Recently, I worked as a Junior Researcher at CCMAR, Univ. Algarve, where I was involved in the development of a marine biodiversity data network for the Atlantic coast of Africa. Actually, I have a contract as Invited Auxiliary Researcher at Univ. Minho under the Vertical Algas project to monitor macroinvertebrate communities using DNA-based approaches to derive biotic indexes for ecological status assessment. During all these years, I have strived to become proficient in skills necessary to tackle important issues dealing with biodiversity, systematics, evolution and biogeography of marine organisms, acquiring an excellent command in the management and processing of biological samples, laboratory techniques and molecular analyses (including programming languages like R, Perl or Phyton), but also improving my communication skills, organizational experience and my knowledge in new molecular approaches by completing a Master in Bioinformatic analyses. I have attended more than 30 seminars and specialization courses related to biodiversity and molecular analyses and workshops based on science communication and outreach activities. I published 40 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, 2 book chapters, and 7 technical reports (books). I have been involved in 10 research projects financed by European programs, companies, or public administration. I have also a patent registered, and I organized 2 scientific congresses. I have presented more than 36 communications in scientific conferences and participated as a scientific reviewer for more than 20 international journals. I co-supervised 4 MSc dissertations and supervised one PhD student from the Erasmus Programme, and I was the jury member and the external reviewer of 3 PhD thesis at the Univ. Seville. Regarding teaching, I have taught undergraduate (more than 153 h.) and graduate level courses at the Univ. Seville and Univ. Algarve (CCMAR), and participated in scientific divulgation events. I received the Excellent Reviewer Award by the Bilingual Publishing Co.