Paula Menino Homem holds a Combined Degree in History and Archaeology (U.Coimbra), a Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Archaeological and Ethnographic Artefacts (Monographic Museum of Conimbriga), an MSC in Chemistry Applied to Cultural Heritage (U.Lisbon) and a PhD in Museology (U.PORTO), developing innovative methods for understanding the atmospheric corrosion of silver collections and contributing to its preventive conservation. She is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Heritage Studies, U.PORTO, where she was the Director of the Museum Studies MA Programme (2014-23) and is the Director of the Conservation and Restoration Lab. (2014-). She develops competencies in the cultural heritage context, considering research methodologies, materials technologies and alteration processes, museum risks and vulnerabilities, risk management and preventive conservation, and preservation and management of cultural heritage. In addition, she (co)supervises students of different cycles of studies, some of them within the Erasmus+ mobility programme, actively publishes and participates, with different roles, in multiple scientific meetings and editions. She has been a consultant for many public and private cultural organisations since 1990. She was the Technical and Scientific Coordinator of the Sector for Glazed Tiles Conservation and Restoration at the Centre for Conservation and Restoration in Tibães (1995-98), where she coordinated the Course for Assistant Technician for Glazed Tiles Conservation and Restoration, promoted by former Portuguese Institute for Architectonic and Archaeological Heritage, in collaboration with the Institute for Employment and Professional Education. She authored and was the Scientific Coordinator of the Professional Course for Conservation Assistant for Cultural Heritage, a 3 years full-time vocational training at the Professional School of Archaeology in Marco de Canavezes (1997-2001). Her research interests include the domain of risk management, preventive conservation, integrated and sustainable protection of cultural heritage and its education and multifaceted and multi-supported communication, especially in museum contexts and in those with communities' inclusiveness policies. She was a researcher at the Department of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, U.PORTO, at the Centre of Studies in Technologies and Communication Sciences, U.Aveiro & U.PORTO, and at the Centre for Molecular Sciences and Materials, Faculty of Sciences, U.Lisbon. Currently, she integrates the Transdisciplinary "Culture, Space and Memory" Research Centre (CITCEM), Education and Societal Challenges Group. She is the Science Communication Manager of the COST Innovators Grant 16215 ENDLESS Metal and was the Portuguese Delegate and national representative of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education for the COST Action D42 - Chemical Interactions Between Cultural Artefacts and Indoor Environment Management Committee. She has participated in European and International projects: LiDO. A Light Dosimeter for Monitoring Cultural Heritage: Development, Testing and Transfer to Market; MASTER. Preventive Conservation Strategies for Protection of Organic Objects in Museums, Historic Buildings and Archives; IMPACT. Innovative Modelling of Museum Pollution and Conservation Thresholds; NOÉ. Patrimoine et Prévention des Risques; EU-LAC Museums. Museums and Community: Concepts, Experiences and Sustainability in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean; SENSMAT. Preventive Solutions for Sensitive Materials of Cultural Heritage; Mu.SA. Museum Sector Alliance, coordinating the WP 4_Piloting the MOOC; DIGITARCH. Digital Collection Curator for Archaeology. She is a member of the Portuguese National Commission of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-PT) Governing Bodies (Audit Board) (2023-) and was member of its Board (2008-14). She is a member of the International Blue Shield Expert Group.