Sofia Cordeiro is the Coordinator of the Ocean Programme of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) since 2016. The programme has the mission of maximizing the dialogue among the different scientific communities that are part of the ocean transdisciplinary area in order to coordinate the national activities in ocean and science technology and the participation of Portugal in European and international organizations associated with ocean issues. At national level Sofia is currently co-coordinating the development of the Science and Innovation Agenda for the Ocean, a bottom up thematic agenda involving more than 50 renewed Portuguese stakeholders. At European and international level Sofia is deeply involved in science diplomacy activities in the Atlantic basin, being the coordinator of the H2020 project AANChOR CSA (All AtlaNtic Coordination for Ocean Research and Innovation) and is the contact point of FCT towards the international “Atlantic Interactions” initiative. Sofia is also the Portuguese delegate to JPI Oceans, the delegate to the European Marine Board and the alternate delegate to the ECORD Council. Sofia is also involved in the OECD Ocean Economy and Innovation Working Group, both in 2017-2018 and 2019-2020. Previously Sofia was Science Officer at the EurOcean (2010-2016) where she was responsible for administrative and financial issues of this European initiative, was co-responsible for managing the Sea For Society FP7 project among other duties. Sofia started her science management career as an Events Manager at the National Centre for Cancer Research (CNIO) in Spain (2008-2010). Sofia holds a PhD (2008) in Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of Lisbon where she studied the Physiological response of C4 grasses to chilling conditions at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal and at the Rothamsted Research Institute, UK.