Carolina Ventura Costa is a marine biologist with an interest in deep-sea ecosystems. She graduated in Biology from the University of Aveiro (2018), completed an internship at the University of Plymouth (2019), and earned a Master’s degree in Marine Sciences from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (2022). She has a particular interest in the conservation of vulnerable deep-sea habitats (such as sponge gardens and cold-water corals) and the application of ecological modeling to study their biodiversity, distribution, and resilience. In addition to her background in marine ecology, she has experience in scientific data management, having worked as a Data Steward at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (2022-2024), where she helped implement data management practices aligned with FAIR principles and Open Science.
