Eva Lopes has a Master’s degree in Marine Sciences-Marine Resources, with a specialization in Marine Biology and Ecology (University of Porto). Currently, she is doing her PhD in the doctoral program “Marine Science, Technology and Management” at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. Her PhD thesis focuses on how the Atlantification phenomenon affects microbial communities in the Arctic Ocean, in terms of their diversity and interactions with each other, with a special focus on the nitrogen cycle. For her PhD, she collects samples at the Ny-Ålesund science station and works in partnership with the Norwegian Polar Institute.
