Ana Mena is the Head of Communication, Image and Outreach at CIIMAR.
Before coming to CIIMAR, Ana Mena was the Innovation and Education Coordinator of the MIT Portugal Program (MPP) in Portugal, and previously, she was the Head of the Science Communication and Outreach Unit, and of the Public Engagement Unit at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC). At IGC, she was responsible for the institutional communication and press office, and coordinated several educational and science communication projects, from teachers training and tailored science activities for students, to the production of educational resources and science and art projects. She organized more than 20 public events for different audiences and stakeholders. Her work in science communication received awards in Portugal and abroad.
Ana Mena holds a 5-year undergraduate degree (Licenciatura) in Microbiology and Genetics from Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (2000), and a PhD in Biology from University NOVA Lisbon (2008).
