{"id":10223,"date":"2026-05-04T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/?page_id=10223"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:41:54","slug":"ubi-rector-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/it\/ubi-rector-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"UBI Rector Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10223\" class=\"elementor elementor-10223\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da2cac9 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7da2cac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc7c21f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fc7c21f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517a0584 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"517a0584\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed7b396 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ed7b396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4697\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/breira-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dc3df e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58dc3df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903f316 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"903f316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Ana Paula Duarte<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab939e8 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ab939e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ana Paula Duarte is 63 years old and has a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Coimbra. She obtained her PhD in Paper Engineering at UBI, where she also presented her Aggregation Exams in Paper Engineering. She became a Full Professor in 2009. In addition to her career as a teacher and researcher, she has participated in various bodies at UBI, notably as Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation between 2009 and 2013, having created the Research Coordination Institute, which she also chaired. She was also elected to the first General Council of UBI in 2008 and for the terms beginning in 2016, 2020 and 2024, having headed lists in the first two. She coordinated the Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UBI) for two successive terms between 2015 and 2019. She is currently Vice-President of the Faculty of Health Sciences for Research, Community Projects and Faculty Centre Management, a position she has held since 2017. 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