Professor Derani graduated in Law from Sao Paulo State University (1988) and wrote her PhD dissertation at J.W.Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt a.M.(199101993). She was awarded a PhD in Economic Law at USP (1996) where she worked as Associate Professor (1997-2004). She conducted post-doctoral studies at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France, on the Privatisation of Public Services and Sustainable Development (1999), and passed her Aggregation in Law at USP in 2001. From 2000 to 2007, she was a Professor at Pablo d’Olavide University in Seville, Spain, teaching environmental law and sustainable development. She was a Visiting Scholar at the European University Institute (2001), a Visiting Professor at Maison de Sciences de l’Homme (2005), as well as a Visiting Professor at the J.W. Goethe Universitaet (2005). She was responsible for the creation of a Master’s degree at University of the State of Amazonas, where she also taught from 2004 to 2009. She has experience as part of the Brazilian delegation for the COP 8 and 9 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. From 1999 to 2009, she worked as an environmental lawyer and was associated with the Union for Ethical Biotrade（2008-2011).
