Prof. Dr. Maria E. Amaral holds a degree in Paper Engineering from the University of Beira Interior (UBI), obtained in 1990. She holds a Master's degree in Science and Technology of Paper and Forest Products from the University of Aveiro, obtained in 1994. She holds a PhD in Paper Engineering/Docteur en Génie des Procédés Papetiers from the Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble, obtained in 2001. She was a Trainee Assistant between 1990-1994 and an Assistant between 1994-2001 in the Department of Paper Science and Technology (CTP) at UBI. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at UBI since 2001. She has been a Member of the Scientific Council of the R&D Unit FibEnTech- UBI since 2001. She provides training in courses aimed at middle and senior management in companies in the Pulp and Paper Sector–TECNICELPA-UBI Protocol. She has taught theoretical, theoretical-practical, and practical classes in the undergraduate courses of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Biotechnology, as well as in the Integrated Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and in Documentary Sciences. She has participated in several academic juries for doctoral and master's degrees.