Carolina is a student in the Functional Biology and Plants Biotechnology (BFBP) Master’s Degree at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), after concluding her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa (FCUL). During her studies as an undergraduate, she was involved in the “Functional Analysis of Chestnut Tree Candidate Genes Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi" project lead by Dr. Susana Serrazina. Throughout this project Carolina was responsible for the maintenance of somatic embryo and shoot cultures in micropropagation, including the preparation and sterilization of culture media and sub-culturing in a laminar flow hood.