Ana Sofia Fernandes is graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004), has a PhD in Pharmacy (specialty of Toxicology, 2010) and is a European Registered Toxicologist (since 2018). She is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Universidade Lusófona, where she directs the Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also co-coordinates the HYGIEIA Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree. She is the head of the Models & Mechanisms Lab of CBIOS Research Center. Her main research interest is to explore the impact of ROS and redox modulators on cancer etiology and progression, paving the way for novel therapeutic and nutritional strategies.