Debora Foguel received her degree in Biology from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in
1987 and finished her PhD in Biochemistry in 1993 (Institute of Chemistry, UFRJ). She is Full Professor in the Institute of Medical Biochemistry at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Her main research interest is in the study of the mechanisms responsible for protein folding-misfolding and amyloid aggregates formation. The participation of inflammation in these diseases has received attention from her research group. Dr. Foguel has published more than 77 full papers in Journals of high impact index (such as J. Mol. Biol., Biochemistry, PNAS, Biophys. J., J. Biol. Chem. etc), deserving prominence review papers in the Current Opinion in Structural Biology, Accounts of Chemical Research and Trends in Biochemical Sciences. She has more than 2,300 citations. Dr. Foguel was the Advisor of 15 PhD Thesis.
Dr. Foguel was recipient of prizes and awards, including: Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State Awards (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013), and the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit (2011). She is Researcher of CNPq – level 1A. Dr. Foguel is member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 2009. She is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (2011-2016) and IUBMB Life (2010). Dr. Foguel was Editor of 'Ciência Hoje' e 'Ciência Hoje da Crianças, two publications dedicated to science divulgation, for 15 years. Dr. Foguel was Director of the Institute of Medical Biochemistry from
2007-2008 and 2009-2010. She was the President of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2008-2010) and now she is the Vice-Rector (Provost) of Research and Graduate Programs of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.