Nome: Anabela Maia
E-mail: amaia@mail.uri.edu
Year of Birth: 1981
Place of birth: Coimbra, Portugal
City of residence: Wakefield, RI
Personal webpage/blog:
www.uri.edu/cels/bio/maia
Time in the US: 3 years 
Undergraduate Degree: Licenciatura in Applied Biology to Animal Resources
Postgraduate Degree: Under way, Portugal
Current professional status: PhD candidate in Biological Sciences at University of Rhode Island
Professional interests: Functional morphology, Locomotion, Elasmobranchs, Physiological Ecology, Biomechanics.
Best career achievement: Fulbright Scholarship

Nome: Rogerio Candeias
Year of Birth: 1980
Place of birth: Évora, Portugal
City of residence: Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal), Cambridge, MA (USA)
Personal webpage/blog:
http://www.mit.edu/~candeias
Time in the US: 3 years
Undergraduate Degree: Biochemistry – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Postgraduate Degree: Bioinformatics – Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Current professional status: Visiting graduate student at Harvard University / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional interests: Biology, Computer Science and Entrepreneurship