Maria Carmo-Fonseca is Professor at the University of Lisbon Medical School. She co-founded the Institute of Molecular Medicine (iMM), a biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Lisbon Medical School, where she currently serves as President. She was visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (2011 to 2013). She is member of the European Molecular Biology Organization, the Portuguese Academy of Sciences, the Portuguese Academy of Medicine, and Academia Europaea, and she served as President of the RNA Society (2021-2022). She is scientific editor for the Journal of Cell Science and the RNA journal. Carmo-Fonseca received several prestigious national science awards, and serves in multiple national and international advisory committees. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences, including invited keynote lecturer.
Carmo-Fonseca’s research focuses on RNA biology. She has authored more than 170 research articles, with over 12 thousand citations (h index 60).
