Nuno Garoupa is a Law Professor at George Mason University and Chair of the Research Innovation Department at the Católica Global Law School. He also taught as a Professor at the Texas A&M University (2015-2018), the University of Illinois (2007-2015), the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2001-2007) and the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (1998-2001). He was the President of the Board of Directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation between 2014 and 2016.