Daniela Couto holds a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry (University of Aveiro, Portugal) followed by a master's degree in
Biochemistry, with specialization in Clinical Biochemistry (University of Aveiro, Portugal), in December of 2015. During
her academic qualification and master dissertation, she had the opportunity to work in the mass spectrometry centre of the
University of Aveiro, which allowed her to gain practical experience, knowledge in Lipidomics, oxidative stress, glycosphingolipids
and neurodegenerative diseases and acquired expertise in mass spectrometry techniques using distinguished analyzers. As a
result of this work, she is the first author of two articles in international journals with referee and co-author of a book
chapter and one article. In April of 2016, she started her work as a chemical analyst in the Tecnnimede group, a multinational
pharmaceutical industry. During two years and a half at Tecnimede, she was solely responsible for several stability analyses
of different drugs with different analytical methods ensuring the quality levels of test products, further developing her
math and analytical skills. In Tecnimede she worked essentiality with chromatographic techniques (such as high-performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC)). In 2018, she was awarded with a Doctoral fellowship from Fundação
Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal), to study lipidomics of microalgae: unraveling their lipid signature and bioprospecting
bioactive phytochemicals. As PhD Student Fellow participates in 1 project(s) and works in the area(s) of Natural sciences
with emphasis on Biological Sciences and Biochemistry. Her current research has been concerned with applications of mass
spectrometry-based lipidomics approaches for the study of the alterations in the polar lipid profile of the microalgae upon
different growth conditions and evaluates the bioactive properties of the lipid extracts, aiming to contribute to the use
of microalgae as sustainable and renewable natural sources of bioactive compounds. As PhD student, she has published two articles
as the first author and seven articles as co-author in international journals with referee. In their professional activities
participated in 10 event(s) and interacted with 37 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.