Maria de Fátima Oliveira Rocha da Silva Brandão has been an Assistant Professor at Fernando Pessoa University since 2006. She was Coordinator of the Masters in Business Sciences, Vice President of the Scientific Council and jury for interviews for the special admission regime. She participated in accreditation committees and was part of of the auto-evaluation committees of the 1st and 2nd cycle of studies in Business Sciences. She has a PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics by University of Porto. She belongs to CEPESE. She published 2 articles in specialized magazines. and she has 4 technical production items. She supervised a PhD Thesis in Business Sciences, co-supervised a PhD Thesis in Communication Sciences and supervised several master's theses, degree projects and academic internships. She works in the area of ​​Economics and Management.