PhD candidate at the University of Madeira and MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre) – Madeira. Annalisa's main interests are in marine ecology and ecotoxicology, focusing on cetaceans, pelagic ecosystems and plastic pollution. Her current project investigates the contamination by microplastics in cetaceans’ food web, using visual identification techniques and analysing plastic additives, such as phthalates, in biological samples.