I am a synthetic chemist devoted to the development of smart materials for various applications, including drug delivery and for the general population protection from chemical or bio-hazards. I'm currently an Assistant Professor in Universidade Lusófona. I have completed my Ph.D. degree in January 2011, from Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon (IST-UL) where I have developed novel Ionic Liquids (ILs). In 2012 I earned an FCT funded Post-doc grant and join the Bioorganic Chemistry group (iMed-ULisboa), where I have synthetized more than 100 structurally diverse ILs from mg to kg scale, resulting in different publications, in collaboration with different research groups. From 2021, I have join CBIOS where I have been developing novel materials for biological application. Since 2019, I've successfully obtained funding for research projects, leading three national projects as PI and co-coordinating an international project funded by SPS-NATO.