Mary Batista received her BSc degree in Chemistry (2001) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Between 1998 and 2001 she had a scientific initiation grant (CNPq) and developed her research work in the synthesis and characterization of lanthanides complexes with organic ligands. In 2003 she received her master’s degree in chemistry from the same institution. From 2001 to 2003 had a master grant (CNPq) and developed the research work in the synthesis and characterization of zinc sulfides. She developed her Ph.D. (2008) in Chemistry (Synthesis of peptide ligands and Synthesis of peptide chitosan derivatives) at the University of Porto with an FCT grant. Between 2009 and 2010 she had her PhD (FCT) in the C2TN-IST. The work developed consisted of the Synthesis of a DOTA-like chelator bearing a thiol pendant arm for labeling biomolecules with radiometals for in vivo diagnostic and cancer therapy. Between 2011 and 2012 had a visiting researcher grant (CAPES) at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil in a PNPD project (MEC/CAPES e MCT/CNPq e MCT/FINEP – 2007, Micro e nanocompósitos cimentícios para aplicação em poços de petróleo). In 2013 started a post-doc grant (FCT) in collaboration between Adsorption and Adsorbent Materials Group from CQB (FCUL) and Chemical Engineering Reaction Group from REQUIMTE (UNL-FCT). Currently, Mary Batista is a junior researcher at the Adsorption and Adsorbent Materials Group in CQE-FCUL with solid scientific and laboratorial competencies in the synthesis and characterization of materials. She has also participated in recent years in the research of nanoporous materials and explores their potentialities as adsorbents for gas separation processes. Additionally, she also acquired competencies dealing with various types of characterization techniques (N2 adsorption, FTIR, TG-DSC, NMR, measurements). During her career path, Mary Batista published 26 papers in national and international journals (two of them in the top 10%). She has a bulletin in the Grupo Español de Carbón, 7 extended abstracts in international conference proceedings, one invited keynote, 8 oral communications and she presented 29 posters. Within this thematic, she supervised 4 final projects of graduation and 1 short terms internship in the CQE/FCUL. Gave classes of chemistry at the Faculty of the Sciences University of Lisbon as an Invited Assistant Professor.