Ana Simões is full professor of history of science at the University of Lisbon, and member of the CIUHCT. She is a member of board of the European Society for the History of Science (2022-24), after serving as President and Vice-President of the European Society for the History of Science (2018-2020, 2020-2022). She has written extensively on the history of quantum chemistry, and aspects of history of science in Portugal, 18th to 20th centuries, including popularisation of science and science and the city, framed by a historiographical reflection on the circulation of science including non-central places. She is a founding member of the international network Science and Technology in the European Periphery. She is member of several national and EU projects, editorial boards, scientific advisory boards and scientific societies.