Neus started her work on trait-based ecology during her postdoctoral and junior researcher positions at IMAR and IICM-OKEANOS at the University of the Azores, where she published “FUN Azores”, a trait-database from the Azores Marine Park. She obtained her MSc and PhD degrees with her work on deep-sea ecology at the University of Southampton (UK) and at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), respectively. Currently, she applies trait-based approaches to her deep-sea research and is part of the deep-sea community as the treasurer trustee at the Deep-Sea Biology Society (dsbsoc.org). Her research as a benthic ecologist, expanded to polar and subpolar environments during her post-doctoral research at the Ocean Frontiers Institute (Canada) and BSc degree at the University of Barcelona. She is open for collaborations on trait-based ecology.