Joana Cláudia Morais da Silva Mendes is a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Barcelona. Concluded the Integrated Master in Dental Medicine in 2022 in the University Institute of Health Sciences, IUCS/CESPU, the Master in Aquatic Biological Resources in 2015 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and the Graduation in Aquatic Sciences in 2013 at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto. She is an invited assistant at the University Institute of Health Sciences, IUCS/CESPU.