Telma Henriques is graduated (2003-2008), and has a master’s degree (2012-2014), in Technologic Chemistry, for the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. She began her professional career at ISQ (Quality and Welding Institute) (2009-2013) as a laboratory superior technician, where she learned and developed characterization techniques and analysis of metallic and non-metallic materials. After this experience, Telma worked in the electric cables industry (2014-2015), where she developed her master’s degree thesis. Later on, she embraced the challenge to integrate the automotive industry, by assuming the function of laboratory responsible (2015-2018). During her professional experience, Telma has developed and implemented several methodologies in laboratory analysis and gave support to the production and quality departments of different companies. In these last few years, she assumed functions has professor in a study academy where she gave learning support to students from the 2nd and 3rd grades. Since July of 2023, Telma has embraced with a lot of motivation her new administrative function in CERENA.