Patrícia V. Silva holds a Bachelor Degree in Biology and Geology from the University of Aveiro (UAVR) (2009), a Master Degree in Applied Biology – Toxicology and Ecotoxicology specialization (UAVR, 2011), where she worked with terrestrial plants and invertebrates, and a PhD Degree in Biology and Ecology of Global Change (UAVR, 2021), where she worked with freshwater species. She has extensive experience in ecotoxicology of both terrestrial and aquatic compartments. She has been a member of several national and international R&D projects, namely the European FP7 project NanoFATE, where the toxicity of nanoparticles in soil and aquatic organisms was investigated, and the national project RePULSE, where she continued working with nanoparticles and freshwater organisms. She conducted her PhD within the European project NanoFASE (Horizon 2020), where she gained extensive experience in investigating toxicokinetics and bioaccumulation of nanoparticles in freshwater species, performing single-species and mesocosm experiments. Currently, she is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering and CICECO (UAVR) and a collaborator of CESAM (UAVR), focusing her research on nanomaterials (LDHs). Her research interests include ecotoxicology testing in aquatic and terrestrial organisms, with special focus on bioaccumulation and toxicokinetic assessments. She is (co)author of 7 SCI papers (3 as first author) and 23 communications to national and international conferences and has also been involved in the dissemination of scientific knowledge for specialized audiences (e.g., providing courses, organization committee of a national congress in biological sciences held at UAVR).