Helena Maria Machado Barbosa da Mota, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, holds a degree in Law from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1992); a master's degree in Legal-Civil Sciences from the University of Coimbra (1998) and a PhD (Doctorate) in Law from the University of Porto (2010). She is member of the Scientific Board and of the Pedagogical Board, both at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. She is Chairman of the PhD(Doctorate) in Law Scientific Committee and PhD (Doctorate) in Law Course Director. Since 1998, she teaches courses on Family and Succession Law and Private International Law in the 1st Cycle of Studies in Law and Family and Succession International Relationships and Practicum in the Master's Degree in Law (Area of Family and Succession Legal Sciences) and has been invited to teach courses at University of Coimbra (Portugal), University of Barcelona (Spain), University of Oviedo (Spain), University of São Paulo (Brazil), Kimpa Vita University (Uíge, Angola). She supervises master's and doctoral dissertations, as well as taking part in jury of academic evaluations in various Portuguese and foreign higher education institutions. She has been invited to participate, as a speaker, in numerous lectures, conferences and seminars both in Portugal and abroad. She is member of CIJ - Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Justiça, of IDADFE - Instituto de desarrollo y análisis del Derecho de Família en España, of CEDIFAM - Centro interuniversitario di ricerca su relazioni familiari e successorie nell'Europa del sud, of IBDiPr - Instituto Braisleiro de Direito Internacional privado, of EAPIL - European Association of Private International Law and of The European Legal Forum national editorial board. She has published more than four dozen titles among monographs, articles in national and foreign legal journals and chapters of national and foreign collective works mostly in the field of Family and Succession Law and Private International Law.