Rita Mendes graduated in 2012 in Biological Sciences and Health by the University of Azores, completed her master’s degree in Biology and Water Quality Management in 2014 and her master’s degree in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology in 2017, both in the Univeristy of Porto. Currently, she is a PhD student at the Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics group at CIIMAR. Her research interests focus on the study of cyanobacteria and related toxins, molecular biology, next-generation methods, and environmental toxicology, especially when applied to freshwater systems.
