Dr. Lucimara Teixeira das Neves is a Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry from the Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (1993), her Master’s degree in Pediatric Dentistry from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (2002), and her PhD in Stomatology and Oral Biology (concentration area: Oral Biology) from the Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (2009). She worked in the Pediatric Dentistry team at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC), University of São Paulo, for 14 years (May 1996 to July 2010). In 2015, she became an Associate Professor of the Discipline of Genetics at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo. She has extensive experience in craniofacial anomalies, dentistry, and molecular biology, with emphasis on the investigation of candidate genes for non-syndromic cleft lip and palate, dental subphenotypes associated with cleft lip and palate, and syndromes involving craniofacial malformations.