Patrícia D. Barata graduated from Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa in Industrial Chemical Engineering, received her M.Sc. in Technological Organic Chemistry and her Ph.D. in Sustainable Chemistry from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department where she teaches curricular units of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Section, collaborating also with the Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa in Orthotics area. She participates as a trainer in the Training Course for Chemical Analysts from Project 9ºW - Hovione. She is currently an integrated member of the Chemistry Center - Vila Real at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, member of the Coordinating Commission of Chemical and Biological Engineering Degree Program and Vice-President of Center for Chemical Engineering Studies. Her research interests focus the area of Supramolecular Chemistry particularly the synthesis and characterization of systems containing calixarenes and their applications as sensors for explosives, biomolecules, and metals. In parallel her research involves the study of carbon nanomaterials (carbon-dots) from renewable natural resources and their application as biosensors, catalysts and bioimaging tools. She is presently working on the extraction and characterization of bioactive compounds from microalgae and coffee from Gorongoza (Mozambique) using sustainable extraction techniques. She is co-author of 16 scientific articles and 9 conferences proceedings, both published in international journals with referee, and more than 80 panel communications presented in international and national scientific meetings.