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Leonor Medeiros is an archaeologist based in Lisbon, Portugal, and assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the NOVA University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH). With a PhD in Heritage and Industrial Archaeology from Michigan Technological University (USA), and a Masters in Heritage Management from the Ironbridge International Institute of Cultural Heritage (UoB, UK), she has been developing research on the inventory and documentation of cultural heritage in connection with post-industrial communities. She is an integrated researcher at CHAM – Center for the Humanities, President of APAI – Portuguese Association of Industrial Archaeology, and member of the Board of TICCIH – The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage. She can also be found engaging in science communication activities, from informal talks to stand-up comedy, and was the Portuguese national winner of Famelab in 2011.
