Alexandra Correia has a degree in Animal Science Engineering (UTAD) and a master's degree in Agricultural Sciences - Animal Production (UTAD). She defended her PhD thesis in Science, specialising in Biology, at the University of Minho, addressing the virulence factors of the clinically relevant yeast Candida albicans as targets for vaccination against systemic candidiasis. She has taught at several institutions, including the University of Minho, Vasco da Gama University School and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Immunology at ICBAS-UP. Her main research interests include vaccination and the immunobiology of infection, with a focus on the parasite Neospora caninum and fungi of the genus Candida. She is the author of more than sixty publications in international journals.