Ana Filipa Batalha Martins is a PhD Fellow at the CNIO - Spanish National Cancer Research Centre since September 2013. Previous roles include Visiting Research Fellow at Technische Universität Dresden, Research Fellow and Master Thesis Student at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, and Trainee at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Ana Filipa has participated in several notable educational programs, including a StartUp Research Program at ITQB NOVA and Nova School of Business and Economics, as well as an Executive Program at IE Business School focused on building business from science and technology. Ana Filipa holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Lisbon.