Mariana Viegas is conducting a Ph.D. in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes by the University of Lisbon starting in 2022 within the CoBiG2 of CE3C. She is conducting the project "Genomic prediction of Oaks response to climate change", under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Octávio Paulo (CE3C) and co-supervision of Prof. L. Lacey Knowles (Michigan University).