Victoria Lei joined the University of Macau in 1997 as a lecturer and is now an associate professor. She obtained her PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow, UK and is a life member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She provides conference interpreting service at local, national and international levels. From 2003 to 2009 she was an invited translator/presenter at Teledifusão de Macau. Her main research interests include Comparative Studies, Translation/ Interpreting Studies and 19th-Century Studies. Her interpreting practice and teaching have led her to focus her research on Cognition and Interpreting in recent years. She joined UM’s Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences in 2019. Education After graduation from Macao Pui Ching Middle organization and obtaining her Bachelor of Law degree from Jinan University, China, she went to the University of Glasgow, UK and completed an MPhil and a PhD in English Literature. Courses Regularly Taught Courses she regularly teaches include: Simultaneous Interpreting, Consecutive Interpreting, Conference Interpreting, Survey of Literature in English, Victorian Literature, Children’s Literature Women’s Writing and Gender in Translation.