Gabriel Valença is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He has concluded his Ph.D. in Transportation Systems with Distinction and Honour in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment at the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (2023). He is a European Doctoral Training Network Alumni member held by EIT Urban Mobility. He was a Visiting Ph.D. scholar at the Technical University of Denmark for six months (2022). He has graduated in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN (2017), Brazil, while, studying part of his degree at the University of Toronto, Canada (2013/2014). During his time in Toronto, he worked at the City of Toronto, Cycling Infrastructure and Projects Department, Transportation Services Division.