Mafalda Meunier holds a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Biomedical Sciences. During her master’s thesis she studied the potential of dendritic cells in modulating autologous T lymphocytes responses during infection by Leishmania infantum. Since then, she worked in projects related to immunology and infectious diseases. Currently, she is a research fellow within the Drug Discovery team in a R&D project targeting T cell activity to address inflammation.