Tânia M. T. Carvalho got her PhD in Chemistry from the reputed University of Porto in September 2016. The title of the work developed was “Efeito de substituintes em heterociclos azotados: um estudo de energética molecular”. After working for 4 years in fundamental chemistry, known as a very important input to the scientific community but with few practicality on the daily life. The urge to make a difference in daily life led Tania to the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto where her adaptation capability was put to the test by changing from fundamental chemistry to chemistry engineering. She worked during 2.5 years as a researcher in the project entitled “MasterOPAK – Desenvolvimento de masterbatch de polietileno de elevada opacidade”, at FEUP, where its functions were the development of an innovative opacifying filler that allowed the partial replacement of titanium dioxide in masterbatch for thermally processed polyethylene products. Since September 2018, under the consortium project “WinPSC - Novos avanços tecnológicos para a terceira geração de células solares sensibilizadas com perovskita”, she is responsible for building a 10 x 10 cm2 PSC device with an energy efficiency of 12% using an easily scalable deposition technique. The different experiences as a researcher led Tania to learn several techniques and skills. Through the mentioned period, Tânia published 8 (eight) articles, 6 as an author and 2 as a co-author, in international referee journals and several poster communications.