Susana Castanheira was born in Coimbra, Portugal.
Susana completed her Bachelor's degree in Physics at the University of Coimbra, where she also earned her Master's in Nuclear and Particle Physics.
For her thesis project, she studied the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN detector to the double electron capture decay in 124Xe.
Susana will be working with DASY and cSAR3D products.
Susana joined Schmid & Partner Engineering AG in December 2023 as Application Engineer.