Associate Professor with a degree in Statistics and Operational Research (UL) and a PhD in Mathematics (UNL). Her research focuses on Optimization, Machine Learning, Routing, and Timetabling, with contributions to international publications. She has supervised internships at CTT and GALP, as well as national and international PhD and master’s students, including an APDIO Best MSc Thesis Award in 2009. She was a member of the board of PT-MATHS-IN, Nova Math CMA and the Faculty Council. At present she is a member of the board of EUROPT. She organized or participated in various conferences and summer schools. She co-coordinates the Master in Analysis and Engineering of Big Data. Together wit her PhD student Tiago Dias , she received the Marguerite Frank Award for the best EJCO paper 2023.