Joana Soares graduated in Aquatic Sciences in 2005 and holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences since 2014, both from ICBAS, University of Porto. She is a contracted researcher at CIIMAR with extensive experience in ecotoxicology, molecular biology and toxicogenomics. Her research focuses the hazard assessment of endocrine disruptors and the correlation with the chemicals modes of action, centred in the chemicals genotoxicity. The teleost fish Danio rerio has been her main animal model.