Clarisse Brígido holds a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnological Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (October 2003) and a PhD in Biology from the University of Évora (September 2012). Currently, she is an invited assistant researcher and integrated member at the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) at the University of Évora, funded by FCT (CEECIND / 00093/2018). She has also been a collaborator as an assistant professor at the Department of Biology and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the School of Science and Technology at the University of Évora since 2018.

Her research has as its main object the study of plant-microbe interactions occurring at rhizosphere and endosphere level, focused on i) studying the molecular mechanisms of beneficial plant-microbe interactions, ii) understanding the factors determining the structure and composition of soil and plant microbial communities and iii) evaluating the capacity of synthetic microbial communities (SynCom's) to protect plants from (a)biotic stresses. Her research aims to develop alternative agricultural practices, both ecological and sustainable, that contribute to increasing crop productivity on marginal soils.