Tânia Gomes has a degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries and a PhD in the Field of Ecotoxicology given by the University of Algarve in Portugal. Tânia works at NIVA as a Key Researcher in the Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment Section. Her fields of expertise include ecotoxicology and marine pollution, focusing on the bioavailability and effects of conventional and emerging pollutants at different levels of biological organization, as well as regulatory ecotoxicology testing (GLP trained test personnel and study director). Tânia’s research interests include the use of aquatic organisms as bioindicators of chemical pollution (bioaccumulation and effects at the molecular, cellular and biochemical level), the development of specific biomarkers for risk assessment of aquatic ecosystems using genomic and proteomic tools, assessment of combined toxicity of multiple stressors and the impacts of nanomaterials to aquatic ecosystems.