Ana Pinheiro

Open to opportunities

Junior Researcher

Project coordinator and PhD researcher with 15+ years coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder projects.

PortugalJunior Researcher at Biopolis

About

Project coordinator and researcher with 15+ years coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder projects, where I have naturally evolved into the 'operational backbone' for academic and scientific teams. I specialize in moving stalled work forward, standardizing documentation, and unblocking collaborators—functions I have consistently delivered by intuition and necessity rather than title. My experience includes bringing six stalled projects through to publication, managing a €250k research grant over four years, and overseeing compliance, audits and reporting across high-stakes infrastructure projects. I am now looking to bring that experience into an operations role, bringing a ‘finisher’ mindset to a more formal, structured environment.

Experience

Junior Researcher
Investigated immune system multigene family evolution in mammals, collaborating with computational scientists and analyzing biological datasets. Contributed to projects exploring how natural selection shapes immune system genetics.
ImmunogeneticsMolecular BiologyBioinformaticsGenomicsStatistical AnalysisVertebrate Immune Systems
Post-doctoral Researcher
Conducted research on antibody and other immune system gene evolution by integrating molecular techniques with statistical and bioinformatics analyses. Supported work focused on evolutionary patterns in vertebrate immune genes.
ImmunogeneticsAntibody Gene EvolutionMolecular BiologyBioinformaticsStatistical AnalysisEvolutionary Analysis

Education

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution. Thesis titled “Evolution of immunoglobulins in Leporids: inferences of genetic resistance against pathogens and identification of introgression patterns in Lepus species.”
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
MSc in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. Thesis titled “Comparative analysis of the genetic diversity of isolated and anadromous populations of euroasian shad species.”
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Graduation degree in Biology. Classified with a score of 16 (range 0–20).

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Experience

Junior Researcher

Investigated immune system multigene family evolution in mammals, collaborating with computational scientists and analyzing biological datasets. Contributed to projects exploring how natural selection shapes immune system genetics.

ImmunogeneticsMolecular BiologyBioinformaticsGenomicsStatistical AnalysisVertebrate Immune Systems

Post-doctoral Researcher

Conducted research on antibody and other immune system gene evolution by integrating molecular techniques with statistical and bioinformatics analyses. Supported work focused on evolutionary patterns in vertebrate immune genes.

ImmunogeneticsAntibody Gene EvolutionMolecular BiologyBioinformaticsStatistical AnalysisEvolutionary Analysis

Education

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution. Thesis titled “Evolution of immunoglobulins in Leporids: inferences of genetic resistance against pathogens and identification of introgression patterns in Lepus species.”

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

MSc in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. Thesis titled “Comparative analysis of the genetic diversity of isolated and anadromous populations of euroasian shad species.”

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Graduation degree in Biology. Classified with a score of 16 (range 0–20).