Sandra Heleno, born 1971, in Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated in Physics Engineering and Technology at Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (IST/UTL), and holds a Ph.D. in Physics Engineering from the same institution. From 1996 to 2008 she conducted research in the area of volcanic seismology, while deploying and running volcano and seismic monitoring networks. Since then, her work research addresses the mitigation of natural hazards (e.g. floods, landslides) through remote sensing image processing.