About
Rita Lopes is a tech manager at INESC TEC´s Technology Licensing Office, passionate about promoting a synergistic relationship between academia and industry to leverage the inherent economic and societal value of research results. As a researcher, she has participated in the technology commercialization program COHITEC, and collaborated in R&D projects in close relation with industry during her postdoc at CMU. Rita holds a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Porto, which has given her a strong foundation in both the life sciences and engineering. To broaden her network and continue educating herself, she became an ASTP member, a distinguished organization leading the pathway of knowledge transfer among universities and industry. She has attended different training activities given by ASTP as well as by WIPO.