Alexandra Veiga graduated in Applied Biology from the School of Sciences, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal) in 2022. Her final BSc project was conducted at the Life and Health Research Institute (ICVS) under the supervision of João Filipe Oliveira (PhD), and focused on dissecting the role of astrocytic activity in the regulation of cortico-limbic circuits.

In 2022, AV enrolled in the MSc in Health Sciences at ICVS, where her thesis explored the role of astrocytic Foxo1 in the dorsal hippocampus, under the supervision of João Filipe Oliveira (PhD). During this period, AV gained extensive experience in animal experimentation and performed behavioral, molecular and structural analyses. AV is the first author of a review article and has contributed to three peer-reviewed papers.

Following the MSc, AV was hired as a research fellow in the same laboratory, where she studied how neuron-astrocyte signaling in cortico-limbic regions modulates circuit function and behavior. Currently, she is a PhD student aiming to unravel the role of astrocytes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), under the supervision of João Filipe Oliveira (PhD) and Juliana Martins da Rosa (PhD).