Rute Correia Chaves graduated in 2013 at the Department of Conservation and Restoration of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology ¿ NOVA University of Lisbon (DCR/FCT-UNL). In 2014 she carried out the conservation and restoration of a medieval and modern collection of ceramics from Azemmour (Morroco). Later she completed her Master in Conservation and Restoration in 2015, with a dissertation entitled "Medieval and modern ceramics from Azemmour (Morocco) - textural, mineralogical and chemical analysis¿, also at DCR/FCT-UNL. Her research focuses in analytical techniques and methods applied to the characterization, study and preservation of pre-historic ceramics, including the study of clay materials and production techniques for a better knowledge of prehistoric ceramic materials. Since 2016 she is a Ph.D. fellow in Conservation Science, at DCR/FCT-UNL, in partnership with Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University, working namely with chalcolithic pottery of the Lisbon region. In addition to scientific work, she has extensive experience in ceramic restoration, as well as glass and some in metal, acquired over more than 8 years, working with pieces of national importance, collaborating with renowned units such as the National Archeology Museum, UNIARQ, CHAM, Pharmacy Museum and Benfica Museum Cosme Damião.