I (L.M. Marques) received a Chemistry degree in 2007 and a master's degree in Applied Chemistry in 2008 from University of Évora. I finished my PhD in Chemistry, in 2015, from the same university. My PhD research was aligned with the founding member (University of Évora) of the Portuguese Technology Platform for Reduction of CO2 Emissions. My PhD research was focused in obtain materials with a very high capacity for CO2 removal and which can be used in pre/post-combustion or "Carbon Capture and Storage" installations which overcome the main drawbacks of traditional liquid amine systems. Since 2020, I have worked as a researcher for c5Lab - Sustainable Construction Materials Association. Currently, my scientific research interest focuses on Carbon Utilisation - Green Fuels & Chemicals in which I am the main researcher and project manager. This project was within the scope of the c5Lab objectives, and in particular it intends to develop work towards the implementation of a new installation for studies of new catalyst formulation development and operating conditions optimization aiming at the production of renewable fuels, such as, methanol, dimethyl ether or dimethyl carbonate by CO2 catalytic conversion. Before (between July 2020 and September 2023), I worked in the same collaborative laboratory, in Carbon Capture - Ca-looping technology project as main researcher and project manager. This project was also within the scope of the c5Lab objectives, and in particular it intended to develop work towards identification of a set of natural and waste Portuguese sorbents with appropriated formulation and characteristics suitable for CO2 capture in terms of reactivity decay (calcination-carbonation cycles) and carbonation capacity for industrial operation. Between 2017-2020, I worked as post-doctoral researcher in LARSyS (LAboratory of Robotics and SYStems in Engineering and Science) in Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research (IN+), Laboratory of Thermofluids, Combustion and Energy Systems, at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. My research was focused on new materials for application in combustion systems with significantly lower emissions levels of CO2, CO and NOX, based on new active catalytic surfaces. This work allowed cooperation with the Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE) of IST, in collaboration with Prof. M.F. Montemor and Bekaert (industry market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies). Between 2016-2017, I was management support at KIC InnoEnergy - International Affairs Office, of International Master Program (Clean Fossil technologies and alternative fuels). Before, I had a collaboration with Valorpneu - Sociedade de Gestão de Pneus. My research activities have resulted in the publication of 13 peer-reviewed journal papers, 6 conference proceeding papers, 25 conference abstract, 17 posters at international and national conferences, as well as 12 oral presentations at international and national conferences. In 2022, I applied (as a team member) to program for access to international infrastructure, namely at ENEA-Italy, and was funded. Since my PhD, I have developed abilities and skills as a supervisor and/or mentor to undergrad, MSc and PhD students. Over the past years, I have supervised seven master students, guiding them through research topics such as carbon nanotubes synthesis and new porous materials for reducing emission levels of toxic gases. Also, I have mentored five researchers, guiding them through research topics such as, CO2 capture, CO2 utilization and scale-up of industrial process for the cement industry. Also, I was a team member of proposals that allowed collaboration with several foreign renowned universities (such as, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Turin Polytechnic Institute and Lulea University of Technology).