Luís Gabriel is an environmental scientist with a background in marine and freshwater ecology, ecotoxicology and microplastic pollution. He holds a primary degree in Environmental Management (Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Brazil), a master degree in Ecology and Limnology (State University of Maringá, Brazil) and received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal (ICBAS-UP). He is currently a integrated researcher of the research team of Ecotoxicology, Stress Ecology and Environmental Health of Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR, Portugal) and research fellow at the Ecotoxicology and Ecology Lab (ICBAS-UP). Luís Gabriel is interested in anthropogenic impacts (including multiple stressors) on marine and freshwater organisms and ecosystems, as well as how these impacts may in turn affect us humans.