Ana Mafalda Cardeira (Lisbon, 1990) holds a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Sciences of Art, from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (FBAUL), with a thesis focused on the modern influences in academic nude paintings of the FBAUL Collection. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Sciences of Conservation, Restoration, and Production of Contemporary Art by the same institution, with a thesis titled ‘Material and Technical Characterization of “Academic Nude Paintings” by José Veloso Salgado, belonging to the Collection of FBAUL’. As well as a Post-Graduation in Modern and Contemporary History, major in International Relations at the Superior Institute of Business and Labour Sciences of Lisbon. Was granted on the Doctoral Program HERITAS, is a Grad Researcher Collaborator at Artistic Studies Research Centre / Faculty of Fine Arts and HERCULES Laboratory / University of Évora. Has been an author of internationally published work in the field of analytical research of modern and contemporary artwork and conducted a team of colleagues in the development of the new FBAUL Virtual Museum, as Project Manager. Since 2018, she has been a lecturer at the Professional School of Heritage at Sintra (high school level), lecturing Technology and Behaviour of Materials and Analytical Methods. Since 2019, is a student of the Master's Degree in Education, Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon, minor in Visual Arts, with the goal of becoming a full-time high school teacher of Arts.