A Research Scholar and Curator associated with the Centro de Humanida­des (CHAM) in Lisbon and Zurich, obtained her PhD in 1994 from Brown University with a dissertation on Catherine of Austria, Habsburg princess and Queen of Portugal. Her specializations include Kunstkammers and menageries at the Renaissance courts in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal. In recent years, her research has focused on the court cul­ture, patronage, and collections of Habsburg women.