Maria João Carneiro completed her PhD in Tourism from the University of Aveiro in 14/5/2007 (focused on tourism destinations’ positioning), an MBA (Master in Business Management) from the New University of Lisbon in 22/12/1998 and a Degree (Licenciatura) in Tourism Management and Planning from the University of Aveiro in 15/6/1993. She is Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro, member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, as well as Vice-Director of the Degree (Licenciatura) in Tourism Management and Planning at the same university. She is co-editor or co-coordinator of edition of 9 books (3 of which book of abstracts of international conferences organised in the scope of projects funded by the FCT) and co-editor of 2 international journal issues. Is also co-author of more than 260 publications, more than 95 journal papers, 50 book chapters, 30 conference papers, 65 conference abstracts, 6 posters, about 4 encyclopaedia entries and various reports resulting from projects’ research (some cited in the Ciencia Vitae). Most of these publications are international. More than 105 of the publications are indexed in Scopus or Web of Science (more than 75 papers in journals, 15 book chapters, 8 conference papers and 3 editorials). Based on Scopus, her h-index is 25 (and 22 when excluding self-citations of all authors). Participates and/or has participated in about 15 projects (in 4 as principal researcher conjointly with another professor, in 1 as Co-IR and in the others as a researcher) in domains of tourism like rural tourism, social tourism, as well as tourism and air quality, where strategies are proposed to boost the sustainable development of tourism and, therefore, positive impacts of tourism on territories and on visitors. She did more than 55 oral presentations and is the co-author of works orally presented by others. More than 35 were done in international events, and more than 32 as invited or keynote speaker – about 14 in events attended by academics and more than 18 in other events, to disseminate science to various audiences. Supervised 11 doctoral theses already concluded (6 as main supervisor). Supervised more than 50 master's theses (more than 35 as main supervisor). She participated in more than 110 juries of PhD and master theses, about 40 of PhD theses (in about 17 as arguer) and about 73 of master theses (13 of them as arguer). Regarding tutoring, was coordinator of the Tutoring Program for the Degree (Licenciatura) in Tourism Management and Planning of the University of Aveiro, supervised, as already mentioned, 11 PhD students and more than 50 master students who were doing their theses, and more than 35 undergraduate students in the scope of projects, seminars or internships (only some specified in Ciencia Vitae). Reviewed papers in more than 30 scientific journals, some of them classified as Q1. She organised more than 18 events, including 4 international conferences each with more than 100 participants. Was also a member of the scientific committee of about 29 international conferences. Participated in juries where she evaluated projects, theses or other research works from the Czech Science Foundation, from the University of Évora or integrated in a contest coordinated by the Portuguese Tourism Confederation. She already evaluated 47 study cycles as a member of External Evaluation Committees (CAE) appointed by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (A3ES), responsible for the evaluation of study cycles in higher education institutions of Portugal – 18 as Chair and 29 as member of the CAE. Received 2 best paper awards and 3 PhD theses she supervised or co-supervised were awarded as best PhD theses (1 received 2 awards). She also lectured more than 20 courses in various study cycles – including undergraduate degrees, masters and PhDs –, mainly in the field of tourism, but also in other fields, such as management.