Valéria Veras de Paula received her degree in Veterinary Medicine from the State University of Ceará in 1995, her Master’s in Veterinary Medicine (area of concentration: Veterinary Surgery and Clinic) from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) in 1998, and her PhD in Veterinary Surgical Clinic (area of concentration: Anesthesiology) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny of the University of São Paulo (FMVZ_USP) in 2006, where she also carried out a Sandwich Doctorate with the École Nationale de Vétérinaire d’Alfort in Paris. In 2014, she also carried out a Post-Doctorate at the École Nationale de Vétérinaire d'Alfort in Paris. She has worked as a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid since 1998; she was promoted to the position of titular professor in 2022. Her research topics mainly include pharmacokinetics, pain, analgesia, and anesthesia.