Maria Teresa Ferreira is PhD in Anthropology, branch of Forensic Anthropology, and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra. In the present, she is Coordinator of the Master of Forensic Anthropology from the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra; Vice-coordinator of the Centre for Functional Ecology, Science for People & the Planet; Curator of the 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection, Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra. She was Vice-Coordinator for the branch of Forensic Anthropology of the PhD in Anthropology between 2019 and 2023. She is the co-PI of the research on the osteological collection of skeletons of African enslaved individuals exhumed from the Valle da Gafaria (Lagos, 15th-17th centuries). She investigates mainly in the areas of Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology. She worked, for a decade, on archaeological excavations (various chronologies, from the Mesolithic to the 20th century). She participated in nine forensic humanitarian missions in three continents, highlighting her participation in the Preservation of Memories Program of the Portuguese League of Combatants, and in the forensic expertise of the October 2017 massive bushfires in Portugal. She was also part of the BioCol-HIVs Project, funded by Indiana University, dedicated to Political, Social, and Cultural History of the Emergence of HIV/AIDS. She was part of the team of the Bakeng se Afrika Project (an Erasmus+ project). She is currently part of the team of the Phoenix Project and of the team responsible for the exhumation and analysis of the remains of King D. Dinis. She published 63 articles in journals referenced by Scopus and 14 book chapters, among other publications. She delivered more than 250 communications and posters at congresses / seminars. She supervises and supervised several of master's dissertations and internships. Currently, she co-supervise 5 doctoral theses, whose students have FCT grants. She coordinates the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology science dissemination team, participating in various activities in schools and for the general public.