Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro (ARLR) is Principal Researcher at LSRE-LCM R&D Unit, which integrates the Associate Laboratory ALiCE (Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP), working in Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Science & Engineering, and Water Monitoring & Treatment. ARLR was Postdoctoral researcher (2014-18) at LSRE-LCM (FEUP), visiting researcher at Loughborough University, UK (2018), Doctoral researcher at LSRE-LCM between 2019 and Jan/2023, and Assistant researcher until Dec/2023. Currently, she is Executive Editor of Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier); and is Associate Editor of Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (Elsevier). Dr Ribeiro research interests include: (i) the development of analytical methods (achiral and chiral) for analysis of contaminants of emerging concern in the environment by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS); (ii) the development of novel miniaturized sample preparation methodologies; (iii) the removal of contaminants of emerging concern (organic pollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes) in water/wastewater by biological treatments and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); (iv) the identification of metabolites (biodegradation) and reaction by-products (AOPs); (v) environmental policy; (vi) membrane technologies; and (vii) risk assessment. She initiated a research theme at LCM in the Department of Chemical Engineering (LSRE-LCM/FEUP): Analytical Tools for Environmental Monitoring. ARLR has participated as team member in several research projects and she was awarded with a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (ERA-ARE, Project Ref. 101039270, 2023-28). She is Principal Investigator (PI) of a national financed project (STAR, Ref. 2022.02842.PTDC), FEUP PI of another national funded project (ENANTIOTOX) at LSRE-LCM, and was PI of a national funded project (SAMPREP, Ref. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030521). Moreover, she has co-authored 2 patent requests, >80 publications in JCR indexed journals and >10 chapters in books or in book series with peer review (h-index 37), presenting her work in highly ranked international conferences. The impact of ARR research is demonstrated by her joint international publications (>20 countries/4 continents), the ability to secure funding on highly competitive calls (ca. 2.2 MEuro), the remarkable outputs on top ranked indexed journals, and the fluent divulgation of project outcomes through media channels. ARLR was distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate) in cross-field category and among the top 2% of cited scientists in the subfield of Environmental Science, based on the impact of Scopus citations of scientists in 2020/21/22. In 2022, 8 of her publications were ranked in Web of Science as top 1% highly cited papers in the academic field of Environment/Ecology, Engineering, or Chemistry. Most of her articles are published in JCR indexed journals ranked as top 5% (Environ Sci) or top 10% (Anal Chem). In 2021 and 2020, she was awarded with the FEUP Scientific Recognition Award 2020 and 2019. She has been co-supervisor of 5 PhD students (Chem and Bio Eng PhD Program, Env Eng PhD Program, FEUP), co-/supervisor of the dissertations of 9 students from the Integrated Masters in Environ/Chem Eng/Bioengineering at FEUP, as well as the research work of 2 Postdocs, 2 visiting Postdoc, 9 PhD visiting students (Chem Eng, FEUP), granted researchers and undergraduate students. ARLR was Portuguese delegate in the Seed Group of ¿Water JPI Knowledge Hub¿ Water4SDGs KH; is Management Committee member of COST Action CA18225 WaterTOP; and was Core Team member/ECIs co- coordinator in COST Action CA17133 Circular City. She has been member of some societies/networks in the field of chemistry and environmental sciences and evaluator of international projects (Horizon Europe, France, Croatia, Chile, Argentina).