Joana Cerqueira obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biology with a specialization in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto on July 18, 2016. She also earned a Master's degree in Bioengineering with a specialisation in Biomedical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto on October 7, 2021. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, a Research Fellow at the INEGI (Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering), and a member of the External Evaluation Committee of the Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES). She was supervisor of five Bachelor thesis projects in Bioengineering and was part of the teaching staff of the postgraduate course "Análisis 3D del movimiento de la rodilla para rehabilitación, evaluación perioperatoria y medicina del deporte" at the Universidad de La República Uruguay, for a total of 18 hours, corresponding to 5 ECTS.