Maria de Jesus Trovoada dos Santos (born 1961) is a São Tomé and Príncipe biologist and politician from, who is known for her research on human genetics.
Maria de Jesus Trovoada dos Santos was born on 25 December 1961 in the parish of Conceição, São Tomé and Príncipe.
During her time in Portugal she worked as a researcher at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, where she focused on studying the genetic susceptibility of São Toméans to malaria.
[3][2][5] In her scientific work she has focused on studying the genetic characteristics of human populations, residing in the São Tomé archipelago and in central Portugal.
[2] Research projects have included: the study of population samples looking for genetic polymorphisms in newborns and the development of electrophoretic separation techniques, amongst others.