Marta Sousa is graduated in Environmental Health, from Coimbra Health School - Coimbra Polytechnic Institute (ESTeSC-IPC). Safety at Work Technician, level 6 qualification. Currently, finishing dissertation in Environmental Sciences and Technology, Specialization in Risks: Environmental Assessment and Management, at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. The master thesis aims to present a comprehensive analysis of the biogeographic patterns of Arctic phytoplankton diversity and distribution along two oceanographic transects in the Marginal Ice Zone around Svalbard, in order to draw future trends on an Arctic Climate Change Scenario.