Maria Marques Félix concluded her Bachelor's degree in Biology in 2021 and completed her Master's degree in Biochemistry in 2023, both from the University of Coimbra. Her primary research focus is on the diagnosis of gynaecological cancer utilising Vibrational Spectroscopy techniques and constructing artificial intelligence models for the classification of spectral analyzed samples. She undertook internships that enriched her understanding of statistical analysis and laboratory techniques, at the Instituto de Anatomia Patológica e Patologia Molecular da Universidade de Coimbra (IAP-PM) and the iCBR. In 2022, Maria joined the R&D Unit “Molecular Physical-Chemistry” at the University of Coimbra (QFM-UC), where she conducted her thesis on "Identification of Spectral Biomarkers of Cervical Cancer by Raman and FTIR Spectroscopies." Her research aimed to analyse cervical tissue samples using vibrational spectroscopy techniques to detect molecular alterations indicative of tumourigenesis. She intended to implement this technique in cervical cancer diagnosis alongside existing histopathological techniques to enhance accuracy. This work culminated in the publication of a scientific paper titled "Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma by FTIR Microspectroscopy", with Maria M. Felix as the first author of the article. During and after her Master's, Maria presented one poster communication at 15º Encontro Nacional de Química Física and one oral presentation at the "4th Edition of Urban Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" organised by GISU. Additionally, she co-authored a proposal entitled "Electron Microscopy for Discriminating Healthy from Cervix Cancer Human Tissues" at ISIS@MACH Italia, advocating the use of SEM and TEM for examining healthy and cancerous human tissues. She has also tutored students in 2022 and 2023, in the Tutorial em Química subject as well as in a summer internship, both at QFM-UC. Maria attended two courses on data analysis using MATLAB, participated at the 9th Meeting ENURS and is currently interning in cell culture and co-cultures at QFM-UC. She was associated, as a volunteer from 2022 to 2023, with miniBIOQS, a non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing science to Coimbra's pediatric hospital and peripheral schools with limited access to scientific resources. Furthermore, she is actively involved in developing a project with her team, ChiSolutions, aimed at producing bioplastic from chitin extracted from crustacean exoskeletons. This project received recognition, winning the 1st prize at the national contest Sustenta-UC in 2022, with a patent submission and the 2nd prize award of 50000 RMB (ca. 6000€) at the international "4th Edition of Urban Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" organised by GISU in Padova, Italy. This competition showcased novel ideas promoting sustainable urban development through scientific and technological innovations, where universities from all over the world participated.