Lopes is an Associate Professor IV at the Faculty of Food Engineering and coordinates the Graduate Program in Food Science and Technology at UFPA. She obtained her degree in Chemical Engineering (UFPA 1996), and her Master's and Doctorate in Food Technology (UNICAMP 2000 and 2005). She currently holds the position of Advisor at the Superintendence for the Development of the Amazon (SUDAM), and she was the General Coordinator of Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development at SUDAM. She was an effective ITAL Scientific Researcher (2005 to 2006) at CEREAL-CHOCOTEC and a part of the Process Engineering Group-GEPC. She held a Post-Doctorate at UFPA from 2006 to 2007. She is an ad hoc consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (2020 to 2024). She coordinated the Graduate Program in Food Science and Technology at UFPA from 2012 to 2014. She also coordinated the CNPq Research Group on Cocoa and Cupuaçu Biotechnology and obtained funding for research projects from CNPq, FAPESPA, CAPES and INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO VALE. She develops research in Food Science and Technology in the areas of Amazonian products of plant origin (cocoa, cupuaçu, cassava, vegetables and fruits), fermentative biotechnological processes and green technologies for the extraction of bioactive compounds.