Joana Branco is the Executive Director and a Board Member at Biocant – Technology Transfer Association. Joana also serves as a Board of Directors at P-Bio, Portugal’s Biotechnology Industry Organization.
She has over 16 years of experience in the biotechnology field, first as an entrepreneur, co-founding Gene PreDiT, and then as the innovation director at Biocant Park. Over the years she has been responsible for technology scouting activities, business management for science- backed projects, fund raising and project management, providing support and mentoring to entrepreneurs in the life science area.
Joana Branco holds a degree in Biochemistry, University of Coimbra, a PhD in Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto and Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, US, and training in Entrepreneurship from Porto Business School.