Mónica Baptista is a full Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Lisbon (IE-ULisboa). She holds a PhD in Education, in Science Education, from the IE-ULisboa, and a Master's in Physics for teaching, from the Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon. Presently, she is deputy director of the IE-ULisboa and belongs to the Research and Training Area of Didatic. She coordinates the Master's program on Science Education and the Master's program on Physics and Chemistry teaching. She was the coordinator of national projects, and she participated in several projects funded by the EU.  She held executive positions in scientific organizations, including the Portuguese Association for Science Education (President), the Portuguese Physics Society (Vice-President), the International Organization for Science, Technology Education (Executive Board) ans the ESERA (Executive Board). In 2023, she received the ULisboa Best Researcher in Educational Sciences Prize.