Ciência Viva
Andreia Penado, PhD, currently serves as a Project Assistant in the Education Department at Ciência Viva's Pavilion of Knowledge since June 2021. Previously, Penado worked as a Researcher at Tagis - Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal, focusing on the Portuguese Red List of Invertebrates from November 2019 to May 2021. Penado has also held roles as a Research Assistant at the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa for an FCT project on threatened interactions (June 2018 - October 2019), and as an Invited Assistant Professor at Universidade da Madeira (September 2017 - February 2018). Earlier experience includes teaching positions and research internships, including significant work on bee ecology and conservation during a Leonardo da Vinci internship at the University of Stirling. Andreia Penado holds a PhD in Bee Ecology from the University of Sussex, an MSc in Conservation Biology, and a BSc in Terrestrial Environmental Biology, both from the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.
Ciência Viva
We support science education projects and organize placements for secondary students in research laboratories. We also organize public campaigns to promote science and technology and have set up a network of interactive science centres -Ciência Viva Centres Network.