Professional Affiliation

Professor, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado

Expert Bio

Fernanda Magnotta, PhD from PPGRI San Tiago Dantas (UNESP/UNICAMP/PUC-SP), is a professor and specialist in US politics, with a focus in USA-China-Latin America relations. Head of the International Relations program at FAAP in São Paulo, she is a Senior Fellow at CEBRI in Rio de Janeiro and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. She contributes as a columnist for UOL Portal and CBN Radio, as well as being an international analyst for CNN Brasil. Her work includes academic publications and opinion pieces in different languages. Internationally recognized, she led Brazil’s G20 Youth Summit delegation to China, and observed the 2016 US elections in Ohio, invited by the US Embassy. Selected for UCLA’s W30 Program in 2017, she is among the top 30 in global academic management. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to study US-China-Brazil relations during the Trump administration at the University of Southern California (2022- 2023). Her analysis appears frequently in the major media in Brazil and the USA. Magnotta is a regular speaker at courses and trainings for diplomats and military officers, as well as coordinating projects involving authorities, researchers and private sector leaders in both countries.