INESC TEC researchers featured in the publication “Women in Science 2021”

Researchers Aurora Teixeira, Joana Paiva and Susana Barbosa are part of the third edition of the publication “Women in Science 2021“, launched by Ciência Viva on March 8, 2021. There are 101 new faces and testimonies by women dedicated to research, all of them photographed by Clara Azevedo, José Carlos Carvalho, Luís Filipe Catarino and Rita Carmo.

Ciência Viva pays homage to women who dedicate themselves to Science in Portugal, representing 45% of the total number of researchers in our country, with remarkable and widely acknowledged works in favour of scientific progress.

Aurora, the economist

In the Economics and Management category, Aurora Teixeira, part of INESC TEC’s Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) and lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP), recalls Fernando Pessoa’s motto – “Put all you are into the smallest thing you do” – to describe her research and outlook on life. “Research is a real passion and privilege for me”, she stated.

Joana, the biomedical engineer

In the Bioengineering and Biotechnology category, we find Joana S. Paiva, co-founder and CTO of the spin-off iLoF, member of INESC TEC’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research (C-BER), researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (I3S) and lecturer at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), part of the University of Porto. Joana focuses on “developing smart tools capable of understanding the differences between each one of us, in order to design therapeutic strategies capable of treating chronic diseases (Alzheimer’s, cancer, etc.), using Photonics and Artificial Intelligence”.

Susana, the data scientist

In the Engineering category, Susana Barbosa stated that she’s “always been fascinated by everything related to planets – the climate, the oceans, the volcanoes …”. Susana is a member of INESC TEC’s Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG) and Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CRAS), and she focuses on collecting and analysing data to understand the interactions between space and Earth – and how they influence our planet’s climate.

A book that does not exhaust Science made by women

According to the President of Ciência Viva, Rosalia Vargas, “this book does not exhaust the participation of Portuguese women in science, but aims to be a showcase of their involvement in the adventure of knowledge. We invited researchers emeritus, senior scientists and young scientists at the beginning of their career and tried to address the widest possible range of areas of knowledge and geographies.”

The researchers Alexandra Martins da Silva (HASLab), Ana Pires (CRAS) and Carla Carmelo Rosa (CAP) were featured in previous editions of the “Women in Science”.

You can watch the book launch here.