Cristina Maria Martins de Almeida

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines

Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) - "Toxicology, Biomarkers & Risk Assessment" Lab

Cristina Almeida is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFUL), where she is responsible for several undergraduate and postgraduate teaching units, mainly in the field of bromatology and water quality. However, her career began in the pharmaceutical industry (quality control). She is currently a member of the Portuguese Pharmacopoeia Commission, a member of the College F3/UL, a member of the CT 72/SC 02 Technical Commission, a member of the ERSAR Microplastics Working Group and a member of the ECHA Risk Assessment Commission. Her research focuses on the implementation and validation of analytical methods for the monitoring of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, microplastics) in water, in the framework of various projects she has coordinated (mostly funded by industry) or participated in. She is the author of dozens of articles, author/editor of books and book chapters and supervisor of numerous theses.