Paula Teixeira graduated in Environmental Sciences from Évora University in 2001 and obtained her MSc degree in Applied Analytical Chemistry from FC-UL in 2004. In 2012, she completed her PhD in Energy and Bioenergy from FCT-UNL. From 2001 to 2015, she developed activities at LNEG in the areas of biofuels characterization and thermochemical conversion (TCC). She acquired know-how in biomass and ash/biochar’ properties and impact on TCC. In 2007, she integrated the JRC-IRMM European program for life-long learning for Metrology in Chemistry (TrainMiC®). Since 2016, she has been a researcher at CATHPRO/CQE-IST; her research focussed on CO2 capture and valorization. She participated in national projects such as “CaReCI: Carbon Emissions Reduction in the Cement Industry” and “SoCalTES: Solar-driven Ca-Looping Process for Thermochemical Energy Storage”. She also collaborated with c5Lab – Sustainable Construction Materials Association in the area of CCS. In 2022, she had access to MSSF solar infrastructures (international research stay at CNRS-PROMES, France) in the scope of SFERA III. Since 2022, she has been an Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of IST.