International School of Cultural Heritage 18 ANGOLA Ana Soraya R.C. Marques Ms. Ana Soraya R.C.Marques, is an Angolan biologist and early-career paleontologist whose work sits at the intersection of scientific research, museology, and science communication. Since May 2025, she has served as Director of the National Museum of Natural History of Angola, where she is involved in the institution’s ongoing strategic, scientific, and educational development, including collections management, exhibition planning, international collaboration, and public outreach. She holds a master’s degree in Paleontology from NOVA University Lisbon (2024), with research focused on the anatomical description and phylogenetic assessment of a dicynodont specimen from the K5 Formation of the Metangula Graben, Mozambique. She also holds an undergraduation in Biology from the University of Évora(2020) and a bachelor’s degree in Environment and Land Management from the Methodist University of Angola (2012). In 2013 she attended the Evolutionary Sciences course at the Turkana Basin Institute, Kenya. Since 2012, she collaborates with the Paleo Angola Project, participating in fossil prospecting and excavation in several Angolan provinces and contributing to the preparation of exhibitions, such as the Sea Monsters Unearthed - Life in Angola’s Ancient Seas at the Smithsonian Institution. She is also currently involved in the Mosasaurus 3D Project with the Naturalis in the Netherlands, which explored the use of CT scanning and 3D printing in fossil reconstruction. The 11-meter replica resulted from this project is on its way to Angola to be later exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History. Her professional experience includes fossil preparation and laboratory work, training in natural history collections and museum practices, and participation in scientific meetings and outreach activities. At an early stage of her scientific career,she remains committed to learning, collaboration, and to the long-term development and international visibility of Angolan paleontology. The collection she is working with consists mainly of fossil collections, taxidermy collections, wet collections. Director of the National Museum of Natural history of Angola
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