is an integrated researcher of the Centro de História de Além-Mar – Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CHAM-UNL). IN 2005 she has earned her PhD in History – History of Art from the Lisbon University (Portugal) and the Bologna University (Italy). Recent publications: “La circolazione delle opere della stamperia De Rossi in Portogallo”, in A. Antinori (org), ‘Studio d’architettura civile’. Gli atlanti d’architettura moderna e la diffusione dei modelli romani nell’Europa del Settecento, Roma: Quasar, 2013, pp. 143-164; Ilusionismos. Os tetos do palácio Álvor, exhibition catalog, Lisboa, MNAA, 2013; As dinâmicas da maravilha: a pintura de quadratura e o espaço atlântico português, in print. She is the Scientific Committee’s coordinator of the European project “Bahia 16-19. Salvador Bahia: American, European and African forging of a colonial capital city” (Marie Curie Actions - IRSES).