Marta is an Innovation Manager, working at IRIS, NOVA School of Science and Technology, specialized in intellectual property management and knowledge transfer, with a scientific background and hands-on experience in transferring research to the market to make a positive impact. She is driven by projects that enhance well-being and is a matchmaker by heart, connecting knowledgeable people to establish successful and impactful partnerships.

Marta is a biologist by training, holding an MSc in Marine Coastal Sciences of University of Aveiro and a PhD in Bioengineering of the MIT-PT programme at NOVA School of Science and Technology.

With over a decade of experience in R&D in biotechnology and health sciences, developed at several institutions, national and international, from the academic, public, and private sectors, including a start-up, plus 8 years of experience in innovation management, she works on the innovation space since 2006, and takes advantage of her diverse background and industry insights to support R&D projects since their inception, through the design of the IP protection strategy, until the incorporation of the inventions into products that address real market needs. She is skilled in the design of roadmaps of development that de-risk early-stage technologies and increase their attractiveness to the industry.

As an innovative and intrapreneurial mind, she creates methodologies and procedures that innovate in the field of innovation management.