Sara Santos holds a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Coimbra Agriculture School and a master’s degree in Marine Biology and Global Changes from the University of Coimbra. Her main areas of interest are climate change, pollution, and pathogenic infections in polar regions. During her master’s studies, she developed a project that evaluated long-term changes in mercury concentrations in cephalopods from the Southern Ocean.

   Sara has been a member of the Executive Committee of APECS Portugal since January 2023.