Isabel Simões has a degree and master's degree in Food Engineering from the Agricultural School of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (ESA-IPBeja). At LCQA - Water Quality Control Laboratory of the Escola Superior Agrária de Beja is responsible for for carrying out physical-chemical analyzes to support the community, namely supply/ irrigation/ underground/ surface waters: turbidity, residual chlorine, silica, total dissolved solids, total volatile solids, total phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, total hardness and samples of wastewater: total dissolved solids, total volatile solids, Chromium VI, total phosphorus. Responsible for supporting the community by contacting customers regarding drinking / borehole / surface water samples, scheduling sample entry, issuing bulletins and issuing debit notes for subsequent invoicing. Supervision of analyzes carried out on water supply samples by other laboratory techniques, being responsible for verifying and processing the respective results. Collection of water samples. Responsible for material management (reagents, glassware, miscellaneous and consumables), inherent to supporting the community, collaborating with the supply sector in the process of acquiring this material, namely in requesting quotes with the specified material. Technical and analytical support for curricular internships of Ctesp, Bachelor's Degrees, Master's Degrees, Doctorates, projects and students from professional schools. Assembly of analytical techniques and measurement of analysis methods. Upon LCQA accreditation, it acquired the following functions: Responsible for the annual calibration and maintenance plan for equipment inherent to accreditation, respective contact with suppliers establishing a selection of requirements to be informed for each type of supply/service. ¿Responsible for the maintenance, verification and intermediate calibration of equipment related to accreditation, namely greenhouse, refrigerators, pH and conductivity probe, water bath, scales, micropipettes, water purification equipment. Processing of the control record carried out. Responsible for analyzing and processing external calibration certificates for equipment inherent to accreditation. Responsible for recording documentation relating to equipment inherent to LCQA accreditation, namely equipment sheets, labeling with internal coding, calibration, out of service, etc. Responsible for the management of reagents, glassware and consumables related to accreditation with control of all documentation relating to them (batch certificates, product certificates, validity, etc.). Identification and evaluation of suppliers of various types of supply within the scope of accreditation. Qualification for the execution of the parameters chlorides, nitrates, nitrites and sulfates using the ion chromatography methodology in samples of wastewater, fresh natural water and water for human consumption. Responsible for material management (reagents, glassware, miscellaneous and consumables), inherent curricular units taught in laboratories and projects, collaborating with the supply sector in the process of acquiring this material, namely in requesting budgets with the specified material.