Tânia Pereira is currently a post-doc researcher at CIIMAR, focusing her research on macroalgae physiology and cultivation, and on the improvement of Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) systems. She graduated in Applied Biology in 2006, completed her master in Marine Biology in 2007 and obtained her PhD by the Center of Marine Sciences (CCMar) – University of Algarve in 2015.