CEBRI Senior Fellow, in the US Program. Fernanda Magnotta holds a Ph.D. and Master's degree from PPGRI San Tiago Dantas (UNESP/UNICAMP/PUC-SP). She is an expert in US politics. She is a Professor and Coordinator of the International Relations course at FAAP and serves as a consultant to the Brazilian Bar Association's Committee on International Relations (OAB/SP).

She is the author of the book As ideias importam: o excepcionalismo norte-americano no alvorecer da superpotência (“Ideas Matter: the North-American Excepcionalism in the Dawn of the Superpower”) (2016) and several other chapters of scientific books and articles. She is co-creator of "Em Dupla, Com Consulta", one of the largest channels dedicated to the uncomplicated teaching of International Relations in Youtube Brazil.

She was head of Brazil's delegation at the G-20 Youth Summit in China, followed the US presidential elections in Ohio at the invitation of the US Embassy in Brasilia, and was selected by the UCLA/Banco Santander W30 Program as one of the 30 most outstanding women in academic management in the world.