Prof. Dr. Gabriela Fernandes is a Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, and a Researcher at CEMMPRE, CEBER and ALGORITMI Research Centres. Her research interests are in Organizational Project Management and Innovation Management, particularly in the University-Industry R&D Collaboration context. She holds a Ph.D. in Management (Southampton University, UK), a MSc in Industrial Engineering—Evaluation and Project Management and Innovation and a Graduation in Industrial Engineering and Management (University of Minho, PT). She spent ten years in the coordination and management of projects in different industries. Throughout her career, she served as an Executive Director. She developed and taught several project management training courses and, as a consultant, coordinated the implementation of project management systems and project management office structures. She was the Director of the PMI Portugal Chapter and is a Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential holder. She is the author of 30 papers published in highly ranked international journals in a total of more than 90 publications, including the book edition “Managing Collaborative R&D Projects: Leveraging Open Innovation Knowledge-Flows for Co-Creation”. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the highest-ranked journal in her field, the International Journal of Project Management.