Jhenifer Oliveira holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Biochemistry from NOVA School of Science and Technology. Over the past seven years, her research has been focused on the development and application of spheroid-based 3D cell models as platforms for drug testing, disease modeling, and translational biomedical research. Her work aims to bridge the gap between conventional in vitro assays and more physiologically relevant platforms for translational and preclinical research. Her master's project consisted of implementing and optimizing a 3D hepatic cell model incorporating immune cells that would resemble innate macrophages. The work was carried out at the Advanced Cell Models laboratory – iBET, where she acquired experience in cell culture techniques and 3D models. In 2021 she started a PhD in Biomedicine at OncoNanoLab - Nova Medical School where she developed 3D cell models of breast cancer to test different nanotherapies while comparing with other in vitro and in vivo models.