Cristina Nunes was born at March 14, 1965 at Porto, Portugal. In 1990 she has got a graduation in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Porto University, Portugal) and in 2001 a Master Degree at Portucalense University (Portugal). The topic of the Master Thesis was “Business Ethics and Social Responsible Investments”. She is at present a Ph.D. student at Porto University in the scientific area of social responsibility. She was a founder of the Portuguese Association of Bioethics and the President of the General Council since 2002.

With regards her professional activity she is Assistant Professor of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Ethics of the School of Medicine, Porto University, and coordinator of the Environmental Ethics Unit of this department. She is also Professor at the Portucalense University in the area of Business Ethics, and coordinator of the Post-Graduation Course on Hospital Administration (Portucalense University/ Porto University) since 2002.

Her main areas of research are:

a) environmental ethics;
b) business ethics;
c) animal ethics. In particular it should be stressed her work in environment protection and corporate responsibility, in collaboration with the Biopolitics International Organisation (Athens).

She has published 4 books in Portuguese and 11 full papers, namely:

1- Distributive justice and the introduction of generic medicines
G. Rego, C. Nunes, H. Melo, R. Nunes
Health Care Analysis 10; 2002: 221-229

2- Ethical and legal issues in xenotransplantation
H. Melo, C. Nunes, G. Rego, R. Nunes
Bioethics 15 n. º 5/6; 2001: 427- 442  

3- O direito à privacidade no âmbito laboral  
C. Nunes, G. Rego, R. Nunes
In Actas – XI Jornadas Hispano-Lusas de Gestión Científica. Empresa y Nueva Economia, Cáceres, 2001 (Editor: Carlos Ongallo)

4- A ética numa sociedade plural e secular
C. Nunes
In A Ética e o Direito no Início da Vida Humana, Colectânea Bioética Hoje n.º 3 (coord. Rui Nunes e Helena Melo), Gráfica de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2001

5- Responsabilidade empresarial e o ambiente
C. Nunes
In Genoma e Dignidade Humana. Colectânea Bioética Hoje n.º 5 (coord. Rui Nunes, Helena Melo, Cristina Nunes), Gráfica de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2002

6- Biopolítica e Fundos Socialmente Responsáveis
C. Nunes, G.Rego, R. Nunes
Cadernos de Bio-Ética n.º 32; 2003: 111-121