Luisa Figueiredo

Luisa Figueiredo's work experience begins in 1998 when they worked as a PhD student at the Institut Pasteur. Luisa then moved on to The Rockefeller University, where they worked as a post-doctoral researcher from 2003 to 2009. In 2009, Luisa joined the Instituto de Medicina Molecular as a Principal Investigator and was also awarded the European Research Council (ERC) grant. In 2012, they became an HHMI International Early Career Scientist and held this position until 2017. In 2018, Luisa received the ERC Consolidator Award and in 2023 they became a member of the FCT scientific council.

Luisa Figueiredo completed their education with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Parasitology from the Pasteur Institute from 1998 to 2002. Luisa also pursued a degree in Biochemistry from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto from 1993 to 1997. Additionally, they participated in an Erasmus program at Imperial College London in 1997. Recently, in 2021, they obtained a certification in "EMBO Training - Self-Leadership for Scientists" from EMBO Solutions GmbH.