Maria Manuela Lopes is a visual artist with a transdisciplinary practice, is a researcher at i3S as co-responsible for the Cultural Outreach Art/Science interface of the Institution. She did an MA at Goldsmiths College London.

She has a Doctorate in Fine Arts New Media University of Brighton and UCA-Farnham. Postdoctoral Art Research Project at ID+and i3S. Dean of The Arts and Multimedia Department of ISCE Douro and co-founder and Deputy Director artistic residency programs: Ectopia: Laboratory of Artistic Experimentation and Cultivamos Cultura. She is also director of an International Music and Arts Academy (A2DV).