Regina Coeli dos Santos Goldenberg graduated in Nutrition from Fluminense Federal University (1979) and obtained her PhD in Biological Sciences (Biophysics) from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1995) and post-doctorate degree in Cell Therapy in Chagas Disease at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York ( 2005). She has worked as a Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2020) and currently works as a Collaborating Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and as an Assessing Professor (Institutional and Course) of the National Higher Education Assessment System (SINAES -INEP) Ministry of Education. She works in the area of ​​Physiology, with an emphasis on cardiovascular and liver physiology, in the area of ​cell biology, with an emphasis on cell culture, and in the area of ​​tissue bioengineering, with an emphasis on the generation of bio-artificial livers. The areas of prominence in her research involve intercellular communication, stem cells and cell therapies in heart and liver diseases. She has trained 31 master's students and 20 doctors. She is also a member of the Latin American Affairs Committee of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) and a member of the National Network of Specialists in Advanced Therapies RENETA-ANVISA. She has edited two books in the field of stem cells, 17 book chapters and more than 80 articles published in magazines of international impact.