Sílvia Manuela Monteiro Alves Pereira Lima is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minho. She carries out research in the field of peptide chemistry, namely in the synthesis of peptides containing non-natural amino acids, such as alpha,alpha-dialkylglycines, synthesized using a strategy based on the Ugi reaction. Recently, she has also developed work related to the challenges of drug delivery, namely peptide-based drugs. She has been involved in the development of scaffolds for chronic wound treatment, namely coaxial fibers that allow the controlled release of anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial peptides.