Inês Coutinho has a PhD in Heritage Conservation and Restoration with a speciality in Conservation Sciences (2016) and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Conservation and Restoration at NOVA FCT.

With 15 years of experience in the conservation and restoration of glass and ceramics, Inês is a lecturer responsible for this area in the Department of Conservation and Restoration at NOVA FCT.

When she joined the department in 2018, she became responsible for the ceramics and glass conservation and restoration laboratory, where she has been implementing more sustainable practices in the management of the laboratory and in the classes taught there.

The desire to contribute to a more sustainable world led Inês, together with her colleague Joana Lia Ferreira, to propose opening a new area in the department linked to Heritage Preservation and Sustainability.