Ana Catarina Zózimo has a degree in Environmental Engineering (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de LIsboa, 1999) and a Master degree in Ecology, Management and Modelling of Marine Resources (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2003). In 2010 concluded her PhD in Engineering Sciences at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, with the dissertation "Modelação Numérica da Rebentação das Ondas. Sistema Integrado de Modelação da Agitação Marítima" (Numerical modelling of wave breaking. Integrated System for wave modelling". The Master and PhD dissertations were developed at the Hydraulics and Environment Department of the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering. At present she is a Post-Doctoral researcher hired under the FCT financed project "To-SEAlert: Wave overtopping and flooding in coastal and port areas: Tools for an early warning, emergency planning and risk management system". Between 2010 and 2018 she worked in the private sector at the enterprise "WW-Consultores de Hidráulica e Obras Marítimas S.A.", on the areas of numerical modelling for detailed design projects. Her main role was as the Technical Coordinator of the Modelling Department, function that she assumed in 2012. The Modelling Department was responsible for delivering the base studies for the development of the detailed design (wave conditions, design waves, wind, tides, etc). The projects covered a wide spatial distribution, including Portugal (mainland and archipelagos), Cape Vert, Angola, Morocco, Malawi). During the passage by the private sector and due to her background on environmental engineering she was involved on the development of the Water Framework Directive management plans of the hydrographical regions 1 to 4 in Portugal on the coastal and transitional waters components. She obtained a wide experience on the coordination of projects and teams, on liaison with clients, on the development of soft coastal protection works, and on the participation on the environmental impact assessment aspects of those projects. During the development of her Master and PhD degrees she gained wide knowledge and experience on the processes acting on coastal areas, with a focus on maritime hydraulics and Geographical Information Systems. She attended around forty conferences and presented coral communications at most of them. She participated on the development of applications to research projects that involved teams from several institutions, on the organization of scientific meetings, on field work, and on physical model tests.