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Maria Gabriela Fragoso Soares Pereira Meirelles holds a Diploma in Physics from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1992), a Master’s degree in Geophysics (Meteorology) from the University of Lisbon, Portugal (1997), and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of the Azores, Portugal (2009), with a specialization in Geophysical Sciences. She lectures in areas including meteorology, atmospheric sciences, climatology, general physics, physics for biology, and geophysics at undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research focuses on Climate Change, with particular emphasis on its implications for Health, Energy, and Food Security. She has presented her work at several scientific conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, she has supervised Master’s theses and serves as a reviewer for various scientific journals.