Albertina Maria Mendes Marques Bento Amaro. Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences by University of Lisbon in 1985, obtained Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Beira Interior in 2000. She is Assistant Professor since 2000 at the Department of Chemistry, in Faculty of Sciences in this University. She is Researcher at FibEnTech, Research Unit, and develops studies in the field of analytical chemistry, namely water chemistry applied to natural and surface waters. More recently she has interested on the study and development of water reuse and damage of surface water.