Sara Quintela Realista completed her PhD in Chemistry in 2018 at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, where she developed advanced expertise in inorganic synthesis and catalysis. Following her doctoral studies, she carried out postdoctoral research within the FCT-funded project “Chemical Synthesis Using Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysts” at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), focusing on sustainable catalytic systems based on non-precious metals. She is currently a Junior Researcher (CEEC-FCT) at the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL) and will soon begin her appointment as CEEC Assistant after being awarded funding in the 7th edition of the FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus Programme. Sara Quintela Realista has authored 26 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 2 articles in national scientific journals, and 1 book chapter (h-index = 12). She serves as a member of the editorial and reviewer boards of the journals Sustainability, Frontiers in Chemistry, and Results in Surfaces and Interfaces. Her scientific leadership includes participation as Principal Investigator in 3 research projects, Research Fellow in 5 projects, and Researcher in 6 projects. She is actively involved in international research networks, reinforcing the internationalisation of her scientific activity. Since August 2024, she has been a Researcher in the COST Action CA22147 – EU4MOFs: European Metal-Organic Framework Network – combining research and development to promote technological solutions, funded by the EU Horizon Framework Programme. Additionally, since July 2025, she has been a member of the Management Committee of the COST Action EU-CONCERT – EUropean COllaborative Network on electroCatalysis for Efficient Renewable Technologies, further strengthening her European collaborations in the field of electrocatalysis and renewable energy technologies. She has received three scientific awards, one from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and two from the Portuguese Chemical Society. In 2022, she was awarded a visiting researcher fellowship at the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry, a joint initiative between the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University, where she strengthened international collaborations and delivered invited lectures to BSc and MSc Chemistry students on the fundamentals and applications of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). She has significant teaching experience. Between 2020 and 2022, she lectured in the MSc course “Chemical Systems and Reactivity,” and in 2023 she lectured in the MSc course “Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry.” She has taught Complementary Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis at the BSc level (2025–present). She has supervised and co-supervised 6 BSc students, 6 MSc students, and 2 PhD students. Currently, she supervises a PhD student working on CO2 photoreduction and supervises a PhD student in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) on MOF-derived electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications. Her work is carried out in the field of Exact Chemical Sciences, with emphasis on Inorganic Chemistry and Electrochemistry. She combines inorganic and organic synthesis with electrochemical methodologies to design and develop advanced functional materials that address key societal challenges, including clean energy conversion, CO2 valorisation, fuel cells, and next-generation data storage technologies. Her core expertise spans inorganic synthesis, catalysis, electrochemistry, and the development of advanced functional materials. Her current research is particularly focused on the design and preparation of innovative electrode materials based on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-derived materials, integrating synthetic chemistry and electrochemical engineering approaches to contribute to sustainable energy technologies and advanced electronic systems.