Cristina Andrade is graduated in Geographical Engineering from Coimbra University, with two master’s degrees in Geophysical Sciences, specialization in Meteorology from Lisbon University, and in Mathematics from Coimbra University, PhD in Environmental Sciences, specialization in large-scale atmosphere dynamics from Évora University, Postdoctoral in Physics by Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro University (UTAD) in 2021. Adjunct Professor of the Departmental Unit of Mathematics and Physics of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar where she teaches since 1998. She has been a lecture in the last years curricular units in the fields of Mathematical analysis, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Geostatistics (in ArcGIS), Modelling and Mathematical Simulation (includes numerical methods in matlab), Project Management (in SAP Post-graduation), Management and Optimization of Processes (includes introduction to MSProject software and Operational research themes), Introduction to Meteorology, Climate and Extreme Events, Introduction to the modelling of natural resources, Vulnerability and risks I to TeSP, Graduate, master and post-graduation levels in the IPT's Technology School, as well as, in the Management School of Tomar. She has supervised several TeSP, undergraduated and master dissertations. She is the coordinator of the overal schedules of the Managament School of Tomar, as well as, the coordinator of the Exams Evaluations Calendar of the School (ESGT). Experient programmer in Matlab, CDO and ArcGIS MAP and PRO with several ESRI certified courses, as well as MOOCs taken in 2021/22. She was the founder and is the Director of the Natural Hazards Research Center (NHRC.ipt) of IPT since 2014; was the founder and Director of the TeSP in Safety and Civil Protection. She prganized several national and international conferences, such as, the International Conferences of Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate Change (EcoHCC, www.ecohcc09.ipt.pt; www.ecohcc11.ipt.pt, www.ecohcc14.ipt.pt, www.ecohcc17.ipt.pt). She was guest editor of three EcoHCC Special Issues in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (Elsevier) where she is currently an assistant editor (since march 2022). Author of several international peer-reviewed articles devoted to the areas of atmosphere dynamics, extreme events and natural hazards, climate change and projections, bioclimatic shifts and climate change impacts in land use, geostatistics and multivariate statistics, among others. She was the PI (coordinator) of the Climate change adaptation measures in the management of natural and environmental risks, CLIMRisk IC&DT Project (024253 02/SAICT/2016) in the Environmental and Earth Sciences main Scientific research area. Co-organized the master’s degree in Climate, Risks and Natural Resources in the Cape-Vert University (approved in Sep, 14th, 2021) in collaboration with Aveiro University, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Federal University of Alagoas and CEMADEN in which is responsible for two Curricular Units. She is an integrated member of CITAB of the UTAD, and of the European Geosciences Union. She's a member of the Municipal Safety Council of the Municipality of Tomar, IPT’s representant in the Regional Center to Combat Desertification of Lisbon and Tagus Valley (NRCD-LVT), and coordinator of research activities under Protocols established with several Municipalities in the Middle Tagus region.