Hugo C. Novais graduated in Chemistry, in 2015, at Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP). In 2017, he received his master's degree in Chemistry from the same institution. He is currently a PhD student in Sustainable Chemistry, working on the development of polyoxometalates, carbon nanomaterials and metal nanofoams electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and supercapacitors. His master's dissertation, entitled "Nanomateriais híbridos baseados em carbono para aplicação como electrocatalisadores para deteção de poluentes emergentes", was focused on the preparation and characterization of nanomaterials and their application into detection of carbamazepine. During his academic career, he published 5 papers in international peer-reviewed journals having presented his work in oral communications on 2 of these events. He began his scientific career as a trainee in the REQUIMTE/LAQV laboratories of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto from 2013 to 2016. During this time, he participated in various extracurricular activities. In 2017, the Chemistry Research Centre of the University of Porto (CIQUP) awarded him his first research grant. The grant was for the preparation of optical sensors from composite materials, and he completed it under the supervision of Professor Manuel Azenha. In the following year, the author received a research grant from the Pedro Nunes Institute of the University of Coimbra. The research was supervised by Professor Christopher Brett and focused on the development of electrodes modified by nanomaterials and electroactive polymers, as well as new methods for immobilising recognition elements. The research also included the evaluation of electrochemical tests and their application to important analytes. In 2018, he was granted a PhD scholarship by the FCT. In 2024, the Physics Centre of the Universities of Minho and Porto (CF-UM-UP) awarded him a research grant ) under the supervision of Professor Carlos Macedo Tavares on the project “Creating superior CIGSe solar cells by understanding and controlling growth’’. Since 2007, he has gained laboratory experience and is familiar with various characterisation techniques, including Infrared Spectroscopy, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Attenuated Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray Diffraction Analysis (XRD). Additionally, he has experience in electrochemical characterisation and analysis, as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office programmes and scientific analysis software such as OriginPro. More recently, he has been investing in programming skills, particularly in Python, C++, SQL, HTML and Git. Although currently at an early stage, he is primarily focusing on advancing in Python with the aim of applying it to scientific data processing, automation, and analysis within his research activities.