Joana Mendonça is associated professor with Habilitation at Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon. She was President of the Board of the Nacional Innovation Agency in Portugal (ANI) between May 2021 and March 2023. She is a member of the Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+, where she led the Laboratory of Technology Management and Policy (until 2021) and has developed research activities on management of technology and innovation, as well as technology commercialization and adoption.

She teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Design Thinking, to Undergraduates, Masters and PhDs students.

Areas of expertise: Innovation, Design Thinking, Technology Transfer, Technology Adoption.