Sara Peixoto is graduated in Biotechnology, in 2013 at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. She obtained the MSc degree in Microbiology in 2015, and the PhD degree in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (specialization in Environmental Biology and Health) in 2022, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal (financially supported by a 4-year FCT grant). Currently, she is a researcher fellow at Department of Biology in the context of the R&D project ECOCENE, which aims to evaluate the potential effects of nanopesticides on soils organisms and microbial communities. She worked on microbial ecotoxicology with a special focus on the responses of soil microbiome to the nanomaterial’s exposure, under a more realistic exposure scenario. Most of her research is focused on classical and molecular microbiology, metagenomic analyses, microbial functioning, and microbial susceptibility/tolerance. She worked with different research groups and researchers from many areas, resulting in co-authorship with more than 45 collaborators. She is (co)author of seven publications in international peer-reviewed journals (four as first author), and 18 communications to (inter)national conferences (six oral presentations). She participated in several outreach activities by disseminating scientific knowledge for (un)specialized audiences (e.g., schools visits - summer academy at the University of Aveiro). Has received two awards and/or honours. She did seven advanced courses as an attendee. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological output are: Terrestrial ecosystem, microbial ecotoxicology, metal based-nanoparticles; nanomaterials; microbiome, culture- (in)dependent methods.