Maria Odete das Neves Fernandes dos Santos Nunes. She completed her PhD in Psychology - Université de Toulouse II (Le Mirail) in 2001. She graduated as a Clinical Psychologist at ISPA in 1994. She has a Masters in Psychopathology at ISPA in 1997 and a DEA in Social Psychology at Toulouse II University in 1995. She is the Director of the Psychology Department at UAL. She is the Scientific Coordinator of the Research Center in Psychology (UAL) and a Member of the Pedagogic and the Scientific Council at UAL. She is an associate Professor at the Autónoma University of Lisbon. She has published 28 articles in specialized magazines and 12 works in event proceedings, 9 posters, has 7 contribution book chapters and 2 books published. She has presented 51 projects at conferences, and has participated in 9 events abroad and 90 in Portugal. She has supervised 4 doctoral theses in addition to 25 master's dissertations in the areas of Psychology and Health Sciences. Between 2001 and 2010 she participated in 9 research projects, and coordinated 1 of these. She is currently participating in 2 research projects. She works in the areas of Social Sciences with emphasis in Psychology and Humanities.. In her professional activities, she interacted with 60 collaborators in the co-authorship of scientific works. In her C.V, the most frequent terms in the contextualization of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Self-Esteem, Empowerment, Person-Centered Approach, Smokers, Values, Stress, Parenting, Psychotherapy.