S. M. Marques is a researcher at CeNTI and completed her PhD in Materials Engineering on January 26, 2016, at the University of Minho, Engineering School. She has more than 10 years of experience in PVD technology with flexible substrates, such as polymers for flexible electronics, sensors for orthopaedic devices, leather for footwear, and antifouling ceramics achieved by additive manufacturing. After she concluded her PhD, she started a position as a post-doctoral researcher in the ERA-SIINN/0004/2013 project "Effect on human health of leather treatment for the footwear industry with Ag-TiO2 nanomaterials," financed through OE, from the FCT. In September 2017, Mariana Marques started a new strand as a professional at TMG Automotive, an industry of plasticized fabrics and other coatings for the automotive industry, as part of the RDI department. She was involved in the coordination of raw material certifications, considering the standards of major automobile brands, standardizing control methods, implementing new equipment, and providing training to laboratory staff and new employers. In this experience, she developed knowledge relative to the tight requirements of the automotive industry, the standards to which they are subject, and the mechanical tests the products must pass. Since May 2019, she has been hired as a junior researcher at the University of Minho. She has been involved in collaborations with ANI (Agência Nacional de Inovação, SA) projects with the industry (shoes, dental implants, molds, automotive sector), namely in the technical parts and project management (reports, timesheets, etc.). Regarding the scientific contribution to the community, S. M. Marques published 21 articles in ISI International journals as a co-author (10 of them as the first author), with approximately 264 citations and an h-index of 10 (Scopus, April 2023). S. M. Marques was also a co-supervisor of eight MSc students and a jury of three academic degrees, providing support to the pedagogical activity, namely the curricular units of materials engineering and physics courses. She is a member of the Portuguese Society of Materials (SPM), and she was involved in the organization of SPM activities (e.g., European conference committee organization, dissemination activities, and recently a workshop in the framework of an ANI project called ORAiDEA) and actions of dissemination of science for professors and younger students.