Magda graduated in Biochemist (Porto University, Portugal, 1997), finished a Master specialization in Laboratory Animal Science (Veterinary Faculty, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2008), and a PhD in health sciences (School of Medicine and Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (EM/ICVS) of the University of Minho (UM), 2015). She also has post-graduation training in management (certification as Lean Practitioner – Lean Academy Portugal, 2016; and General Management course – Porto Business School, Porto University, 2021).
Nominated Coordinator the Animal Facilities Unit (UBiot) since 2017, Magda J. Castelhano-Carlos worked as a head-technician of the animal facilities and laboratories of EM/ICVS, since 2001, and became a guest Associate Professor in 2022.
Her research interests include laboratory animal science (LAS) and neuroscience (animal welfare and behaviour), as well as automation and management applied to research animal facilities.
Magda is president of the Animal Welfare Body ORBEA EM/ICVS-I3Bs/3Bs since 2018, collaborates with the Ethics committees and the Ethics council of UM, as a LAS specialist, since 2012; is a member of the FELASA Education and Training Accreditation Board (since 2021), of the National Committee for the protection of Animals used for Scientific purposes (Despacho n.º 11895/2021, 2nd December 2021), and of the Portuguese Society for Laboratory Animal Science – SPCAL, being president of its Board since 2021.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-5987.