Isabel Lopes Illustrator & Editor

Isabel Lopes

Isabel Lopes obtained her PhD in Biology from the University of Coimbra. Since 2007, she has been a researcher at the University of Aveiro, where she also serves as a member of the Committee Responsible for Experimentation and Animal Welfare. Her research focuses on ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment (ERA), and the development of tools aimed at minimizing uncertainties in ERA, as well as reducing and replacing the use of animal experimentation. In particular, she concentrates on studying the hazards that environmental disturbances may pose to both aquatic and terrestrial biota, including in different life stages of amphibians. She has participated in numerous national and international research projects and is actively involved in international scientific networks.

Susan Hazel

Susan Hazel is a veterinarian who has taught animal welfare and behaviour since 2006 at the University of Adelaide in the School of Animal & Veterinary Science. She has over 100 peer reviewed publications and has supervised more than 30 Honours and PhD projects. Susan’s main research interest is in optimising animal-human interactions for all species.

Manuel E. Ortiz-Santaliestra

Manuel E. Ortiz Santaliestra is Associate Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha and Deputy Director of the Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC), where he leads the Wildlife Toxicology group. He earned his PhD in Biology at the University of Salamanca, and subsequently worked at the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison, Aveiro and Koblenz-Landau. His work focuses on wildlife ecotoxicology from an integrative perspective, conducting research to support the environmental risk assessment process and using terrestrial vertebrates as study models. He was engaged as member of the EFSA working group that elaborated the Scientific Opinion on amphibians and reptiles and has recently led the COST Action PERIAMAR on pesticide risk assessment for these fauna groups. He is currently implementing several EU-funded projects that aim at progressing towards a holistic, landscape-based approach of the environmental risk assessment of chemicals for terrestrial biodiversity.