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Anthropologist from the University of Coimbra. She is Director of the Institute of Legal Medicine in Lisbon and author of the book «How We Became Human».

Last updated: October 2019

She has a PhD in Human Population Genetics, a Master's Degree in Applied Human Genetics and a degree in biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.
She is Lead Researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S). She studies the evolution of human populations and assesses their susceptibility to complex diseases.
She collaborates with anthropologists, geneticists and international clinicians to continue generating knowledge about the genetic diversity of populations from all continents.

Last updated: October 2023

Swedish biologist specialising in evolutionary genetics. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2022 for sequencing the Neanderthal genome and discovering a previously unknown hominid. He is considered one of the founders of paleogenetics. Director of the Genetics Department at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He has won several awards, including the Princess of Asturias Award in 2018. He is the author of the book «Neanderthal Man» (Gradiva, 2019), translated in partnership with the Foundation.

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques has a bachelor degree in Law from the University of Coimbra, and later obtained her PhD in Economics from the same University. She is a Full Professor at the Economics School of the University of Coimbra and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies since its foundation. She is also the Vice-president of Association Internationale de Droit Économique. Throughout her career, Maria Marques has participated and coordinated several national and internationl projects on the subjects of Economic and Competition Laws, as well as Legal Sociology and Public Administration. She has authored several books and articles on these specialized themes. Between 2005 and 2011, she was appointed Secretary of State for Administrative Modernization, being responsible for the Simplex program, under which the online acess platforms to government and public administration were implemented. Her current research interests focus on regulation of economy by the Government and innovation of public services. Currently serves as member of the High Level Group on Administrative Burdens of the European Commission. Resign in lieu of her election to the Portuguese Parliament, October 4, 2015.

Last updated: october 2023

Graduated in Marine Biology from Lisbon Classic University, in 1986, with executive education at IMD (1995) and Harvard (1997), and Alumni Member of Stanford (2000). Executive President of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos B.V., the main shareholder of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A., since its establishment in 2012. Member of the Board of Directors of Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A. from 1995 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015. Chairman of Unilever Fima, Lda., Gallo Worldwide, Lda., JMDB Representação e Distribuição de Marcas Lda. and Movendo Capital B.V. Since 2020, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, of which he was member of the Board of Directors from 2009 to 2018 and member of the Board of Trustees from 2018 to 2020. Since 2015, he is the Chairman of Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A., and, since 2016, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Oceano Azul Foundation. Since 2024, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alfredo de Sousa Foundation and member of the Board of Trustees of GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine.

Last updated: october 2025

He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Portugal. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an associate professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, where he has devoted himself to teaching and research in the areas of public economy, social policies and health economics, seeking to create theories of practical application.

Last updated: May 2023

Professor Charles Boxer at King’s College London. He has a PhD from the European University Institute, taught at Nova University Lisbon and he was director of the National Library and director of the Gulbenkian Cultural Centre in Paris. Among his monographs, we highlight «Racism from the crusades to the 20th century» and «History of Inquisitions», published by Círculo de Leitores in English, French, Italian and Spanish versions.

Last updated: May 2023

He is a theoretical physicist, retired professor from the University of Lisbon School of Sciences and a researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences. He has always been interested in the theory of relativity and cosmology and the dissemination of Albert Einstein's work. The expansion and deceleration of the universe, the collision of black holes and gravitational waves were the subject of lectures and courses he gave at the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, and to FCUL classes.

He is a professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Lisbon School of Sciences and vice-president of the European Mathematical Society, the first Portuguese person to hold this position. He got his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the Lisbon School of Sciences in 1986, completed his Master's degree in Mathematics at Instituto Superior Técnico in 1991 and got his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Warwick in 1995. He chaired the Portuguese Mathematical Society, wrote several scientific articles and books and received the Rómulo de Carvalho Research and Disclosure Award.

Last updated: November 2023

Clinical and health psychologist. A psychotherapist, she is a full professor at the University of Lisbon School of Human Motricity. Coordinator of «G2 – Supportive Environments» at ISAMB. Member of the Association of Portuguese Psychologists (OPP) and coordinator of the EFPA Board of Promotion & Prevention for the OPP. National Coordinator of the WHO Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study.

Last updated: March 2021