Leopoldo Teixeira is an assistant professor at CIn-UFPE, where he leads the Software Testing and Analysis Research group. He is also affiliated with the Software Productivity Group and the CIn-TRUST research group. He was a CAPES-Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow at Universität des Saarlandes, working under the Chair of Software Engineering with Sven Apel on variability analysis over time and space.

His research interests involve Software Engineering, with a focus on providing strong foundations for improving software quality and productivity. In particular, he has worked on software product lines and configurable systems, refactoring, formal methods, software testing, and mobile development.