Maria Isabel Mello Martins graduated in Veterinary Medicine at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Jaboticabal (1991), master's degree in Veterinary Medicine - Pathophysiology of Reproduction at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1995), PhD in Biotechnology of Animal Reproduction at Universidade Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Botucatu (2005), and Post-Doctorate at École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (2009-2010).
Since 1996 has been a professor in Theriogenology of Companion Animals at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina. She has 81 scientific articles published in internationally renowned journals, as well as having supervised several residency, master's, and doctorate students.