Ana Sofia Gonçalves obtained her M. Eng degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from Coimbra University in 2020. Her master's thesis, which focused on the balance and sequence of mixed-model assembly lines, was developed in collaboration with the French engineering school ENSAM. She joined the LISPEN laboratory, by the end of 2020, as a development engineer in the Industrial Management department. She was responsible for expanding the activities of the Learning Factory, with a focus on integrating innovative technologies, particularly the Internet of Things (IoT). Currently, she's doing her PhD on the subject of Lean practices and advanced technologies from a human-centred perspective in Industry 5.0.

Her primary research areas encompass Lean management, production flow analysis, technological development, and human-centric approaches.