Science

He holds a Master's degree in Network and Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Porto School of Sciences. When this work was being done, he was a researcher at CRACS-INESC TEC. His research interests are data and communications security and computer systems.

She holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management and is a researcher at CIBIO. Her research interests focus on bibliometrics and scientometrics, particularly the use of bibliometric techniques as a decision support tool in peer review and, more recently, the influence of funding models, autonomy and political instruments on the production of scientific knowledge.

He is a researcher at the University of Lisbon, where he returned after a long career by universities in Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. He was responsible for the creation of the Coa Archaeological Park and its classification as World Heritage, and for the discovery of the «Lapedo Child». He was founder and director of the Portuguese Institute of Archaeology. The humanised image we have of neanderthals today is largely due to the results of the research that he conducted or fostered in deposits in Portugal, Spain and Romania.

Graduated in Communication and Journalism, with a postgraduate degree in Political Advising and Media. On her way to a master's degree in Political Science at ISCTE.
She is FFMS' Content and Portal Manager.

Last updated: may 2026

Born in Lisbon, in 1984. She completed the General Arts Course at Escola António Arroio and studied Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon. She graduated in Journalism at the Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, with Erasmus at the Institut des Hautes Études des Communications Sociales, in Brussels.
Teresa Mourão-Ferreira began her professional career at Grupo Impresa. She attended the Masters in Marketing at ISEG and joined Unilever FIMA in 2008 as a Marketing Trainee. In 2012, she joined the Marketing and Events team at the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, an area she began coordinating in 2014. In 2016, she took over the Communications Department at the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Society. In October 2023, after completing the Strategic Management Program of the Jerónimo Martins Group at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Kellogg School of Management, she assumed the role of Director General of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Last update: october 2023

Explorer, National Geographic Fellow, journalist, award-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author.
He is responsible for discovering the five places in the world – which he calls the blue zones – where people live the longest and healthiest lives. His articles on these regions, published in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic, have had a huge impact.
The researcher now collaborates with local governments, large employers and insurance companies to create Blue Zones Projects in communities, workplaces and universities.

Last updated: October 2023

The UK's most celebrated experimental physicist. Often labelled a «rock star scientist», his books and television programs about the universe are world-renowned.
He is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement with Science.
He is part of the team working on the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics).
His ability to communicate science has led him to participate in the Davos and China World Economic Forums, in several TED TALKS, as well as the conferences of his international tour «Universal: Adventures In Space and Time».
He is co-presenter of Radio 4's «The Infinite Monkey Cage», a BBC comedy and science program.
He was awarded the Faraday Prize by the Royal Society for excellence in science communication.

Last updated: September 2023