Experience in Science Education, Training, Administration and Management as the head of Advanced training of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, coordinating all the Training Programmes. 7 years in Education and Training Management, as well as career development. Member of COLIFE and chair of the Recruitment and Training Workgoup of EULIFE, an alliance of research institutes advocating for excellent research in Europe. Before moving into management, Ana had 8 years-experience as an independent researcher expert in deep-sea biology and ecology. Have trained a research team and set up a laboratory for the morphological and molecular analysis of benthic organisms and sediments through a funded project. The work focused on promoting the sustainable use of marine resources and its value, one of the best natural resources available to Portugal, and at the same time ensuring the systematic assessment of the environmental status and biodiversity preservation, contributing to maintain a good environmental status in the marine environment by 2020, a requisite from the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Valuable social and organizational skills such as communication and leadership skills, strategic and problem-solving thinking, strong teamwork focus and excellent time management and planning skills.