Márcia Ventura graduated in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (IST-UL) in 2001. She obtained her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from IST-UL in 2008. As part of her PhD program, in 2003, she also attended the first year of the Master's in Engineering Physics - Applied and Nuclear Physics at Faculdade de Ciências - University of Lisbon. Her PhD research focused on the determination of selenium content in typical food and diet samples from the Portuguese diet, with a strong emphasis on analytical chemistry. In 2008, she began working as a Post-Doctoral researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE (FCT-NOVA), collaborating closely with the Research Unit Vicarte. From 2008 to 2014, her work primarily involved the synthesis and characterization of colored glasses using alternative methods like the sol-gel route and the Layer-by-Layer assembly. She was also part of the project PTDC/CTM/103664/2008, which involved the synthesis of biocompatible porous materials based on biopolymers. Throughout this period, her work consistently focused on the synthesis and characterization of materials. During these years, M. Ventura published 5 papers in international journals, contributed to 1 book chapter, and submitted 1 national patent (No PT 107200 of 2015). She participated as a team member in 4 projects financially supported by FCT and applied 3 times for funding projects as a Principal Investigator (PI) in FCT, for the calls of 2008, 2013, and 2014. Although her last two projects were not funded, they received an overall rating of 7 during evaluation. Additionally, she served as co-supervisor for 1 MSc thesis in 2012 and 1 PhD thesis in 2016. After a brief interruption for maternity leave, M. Ventura returned to FCT-UNL in 2016, joining the Materials for Adsorption and Catalysis (MAC) group at LAQV-REQUIMTE. The MAC group expressed interest in her previously synthesized biocompatible porous materials from before 2015, with potential applications as adsorbents and catalysts. As a fellow associated with the project "Mesoporous carbon for biomass transformation - a world of efficient, cheap, and sustainable catalytic possibilities" (IF/01242/2014/CP1224/CT0008), she focused on synthesizing porous membranes based on carrageenan, a natural polymer extracted from algae, for use in heterogeneous catalysis of esterification reactions. While at MAC, she also explored the application of natural polymers to develop porous aerogel materials for adsorption and controlled release of molecules, particularly drugs. M. Ventura participated as a team member in applications for European and FCT projects. Additionally, she applied to 2 FCT projects as a PI. Her proposals, "Alternative porous materials as delivery systems for hormone-controlled release on thyroid dysfunction therapeutics" and "Novel Chlorella sp. food products and supplements obtained by selenium fortification and processing by radiation technologies," received positive evaluations but were not approved for funding. In the last 5 years, M. Ventura co-supervised 5 final projects for degree students in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, as well as 7 MSc theses in Chemical Engineering, Renewable Energy and Technology, and Food Safety Engineering. Currently, she is co-supervising two PhD students in the fields of Chemical Engineering and Food Sciences. Throughout her research activity, M. Ventura co-authored 31 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and contributed to 3 book chapters. She is the corresponding author in 8 of these publications. Her main areas of scientific production are diverse, including Materials Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Food Chemistry, Biofuels, and Chemical Engineering. Currently, she is working on integrating her past research in the Food field with her recent work as a MAC member in the Materials Science field, aiming to establish a more integrative approach to her scientific path.