Lílian Santos

Lílian Santos is a professor of Bioethics at Pontifical Atheneum Regina Apostolorum and at Catholic Institute of Technology. Prof. Santos is a directive board member and a research scholar at UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, in Rome, Italy. She obtained her Ph.D. in Bioethics from the Pontifical Atheneum Regina Apostolorum. Her doctoral dissertation—on Transhumanism and the global governance of human genome editing—was graded “summa cum laude” and won the Academic Excellence Prize. Prof. Lílian Santos also holds a master's degree in Bioethics, a bachelor's degree in Education and Development, and another degree in Religious Sciences. She holds specialisation diplomas in University Teaching, Women in Public Life, and Integral Ecology. Originally from Brazil, Prof. Santos has studied, volunteered, and worked for the last 14 years in Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Ireland, and Italy.