Sandra Poiarez is a PhD student in History of Science and Scientific Education, a course carried out in partnership between the University of Coimbra and the University of Aveiro. She’s presently writing a thesis on the new Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra, built on the Santa Clara hilltop, during the Estado Novo period, in order to deepen the knowledge about the implementation and programming of this unique facility in Portugal and the activity carried out between 1933-1974 in the context of national and international scientific networks. She is a member of the Center for Earth and Space Research at the University of Coimbra (CITEUC) with a scholarship from FCT (UI/BD/151472/2021). She is one of the representatives of the PhD students in the Scientific Committee of CITEUC. Sandra Poiarez has a degree in Anthropology from the UC. She collaborated in the conceptualization and dissemination of exhibitions in the history of science and in science communication activities, at the Museu Nacional da Ciência e da Técnica Doutor Mário Silva, as an FCT scholarship holder, of which she highlights her collaboration in the exhibition and monography “Mário Silva – Uma Fotobiografia”. She completed the curricular part of her master's degree in Museology and Cultural Heritage and attended the curricular internship at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Her areas of interest include the history of science (mainly the relationship between scientific policies, scientific networks and scientific facilities), museology, scientific heritage and the dissemination of science.