Prof. João M. Silva has a degree and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from IST/UTL. He is a Coordinating Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon and has been a President of the Department since 2010. He is a researcher at the Centro de Química Estrutural, CQE, of the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He is co-author of more than 60 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and more than 80 conference communications, having participated in several research projects with national and international funding. His areas of interest include product and process innovation, process simulation, heterogeneous catalysis, and engineering education.