M.J. Sampaio completed her Ph.D. studies in the field of Chemical and Biological Engineering in July 2016, with the highest academic distinction (Cum Laude) awarded by the University of Porto, Portugal. She received the European Doctor diploma by the same University and the Doctor diploma on Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) by the International AOPs PhD School (IPS-AOP). Part of her thesis was conducted in the Engineering Research Center, University of Cincinnati - USA, under the supervision of Prof. Dionysios Dionysiou; and in the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, University of Toulouse - France, under supervision of Prof. Philippe Serp. After PhD studies, M.J. Sampaio was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering (LSRE-LCM, FEUP). More recently, she was selected for a Doctoral Researcher position in the same Institution. She has participated as a team member in 3 research projects, and currently, she is Principal Investigator of a financed project (MicroPhotOGen, Ref. PTDC/NAN-MAT/30674/2017) at LSRE-LCM, aiming the development of innovative device based on nano- and macro-structured light-induced materials for oxygen evolution. She has co-authored 35 publications in JCR indexed journals most as first and/or corresponding author (h-index of 18, Scopus, January 2021), more than 60 conference proceedings in national and international peer-reviewed proceedings, 1 book chapter and co-edited 1 book of a conference proceeding (with ISBN). She is regularly involved in the supervision of National and International Ph.D. and MSc students, and in the organization of scientific and pedagogical activities for science dissemination including the organization of national and international conferences.