Célia Nunes is currently Pro-rector for the area of International Cooperation, University of Beira Interior (UBI). She is an Assistant Professor at Department of Mathematics, UBI. Her research interests are in Probability and Statistics and Applied Mathematics, in particular Statistical Inference in Linear Models and Distribution Theory. She has conducted research in the fields of Probability and Statistics and Applied Statistics, earning recognition with three best paper awards. She has been involved in several research projects and is a guest reviewer of international journals, co-chaired multiple international conferences and workshops, being also a scientific committee member of international conferences.