Tiago A. Fernandes is currently an Auxiliary Professor at Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia (DCeT), Universidade Aberta (UAb), lecturing courses related to Chemistry, Sustainability and Environmental Sciences, as well a researcher at the Center for Structural Chemistry (CQE), Portugal. T.A. Fernandes is Vice-Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences at UAb. T.A. Fernandes was a Contracted Researcher (CEEC) at CQE through the FCT competitive call for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment. He was Post-Doc for 5 years at CQE, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and Centro de Química e Bioquímica of Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, working with Profs. Alexander Kirillov, Ana Cristina Fernandes, and Maria José Calhorda, and after returning from a season abroad in Prague. After completing his PhD, he got a position as Assistant Professor at Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Prírodovedecká fakulta, Department of Inorganic Chemistry. T.A. Fernandes has been associated with Universidade Aberta (UAb) since 2016 as e-learning Tutor and Invited Auxiliar Professor at DCeT, lecturing courses related to Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. He earned his PhD in Coordination Chemistry at Instituto Superior Técnico in January 2013, his Master Degree and Chemistry Degree at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, in 2008 and 2006, respectively. He is a co-founder of the MINDlab: Molecular Design & Innovation Laboratory at CQE-IST, and co-author of over 90 scientific publications, including 52 research articles in international journals, several conference proceedings, and 2 book chapters. TAF has cooperated with various Portuguese and international institutions, participated as a PI in one financed project, and was a co-investigator in 13 projects. All of these R&D projects were approved during the past five years, bringing approximately 1350k€ to different research centers. He has reviewed for a variety of chemistry journals and now participates as a Topic Editor for Foods, Materials and Reactions (MDPI). T.A. Fernandes has co-authored peer-reviewed papers with 119 other researchers. TAF has reported over 102 verified reviews in 29 different journals. In the past 5 years TAF was also involved in teaching theoretical classes such as Fundamental Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Food Preservation Technology and Food Product Packaging, Workplace Safety and Hygiene, Environmental Technologies, Structural and Analytical Methods, and Safety and Best Practices. TAF has developed laboratory skills such as (i) use of air-free techniques with nitrogen and vacuum glass lines for the handling of air-sensitive compounds (Schlenk and Glovebox); (ii) analytical techniques skills including IR spectroscopy, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, solution state NMR, ESI-MS and TGA; (iii) application of Gas chromatography (GC), High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS); (iv) study of redox properties by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and controlled potential electrolysis (CPE). TAF works in the areas of coordination chemistry, inorganic chemistry, synthetic organic, coordination polymers, metal-organic frameworks, and analytical chemistry. TAF current scientific interests includes: (1) Synthesis and characterization of single or multinuclear metal complexes, coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks using aqueous medium self-assembly protocols and Schlenk techniques; (2) Design of new multifunctional bioactive metal-organic frameworks (bioMOFs) or materials for antimicrobial applications, such as antibacterial and antibiofilms; (3) Development, improvement and tuning of methodologies for degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products that ensure a clean and healthy environment; (4) Use of cutting-edge analytical methods (e.g., LC-ESI-HRMS/MS) to study challenging food chemistry systems.